"This place, Garrapara, is replete with song and ceremony. It is a place where the deep saltwater meets the land, lined with shade trees. It is a Dhaḻwaŋu clan place where we used to stay, all my father’s fathers, including Birrikitji Gumana.

I will speak of the deep ocean currents as they come to the shoreline and onward to the yiŋapuŋapu (mortuary sand sculpture) behind the beach. I will speak of the ceremonial sand sculpture called Mayarriya, and of the casuarina trees that shake strangely in the breeze and whose deep names are Wurrmaliny, Malinyin and Warrapangi.

I will tell you about Mayathu, the yiŋapuŋapu itself, and all the areas of Garraparra, to the shifting stones called Waṉdharrŋa and the rock of the mountains Yinikambu, Biyarranydjarr, Guninyalŋu. As for this place, Garrapara, I will place myself there and speak of it from the saltwater side, yes, and speak about it for this project."

– YINIMALA GUMANA