Wind & Sky Productions

09/04/2025

FREE EVENT. Join us on Thursday 8th May, 7pm, at the Star Theatre Launceston to watch the 30-minute documentary film and learn about the land bridge which once connected Victoria to Lutruwita/Tasmania.

In this entertaining evening, watch the film ‘the Land Bridge’ and then stay to hear more about the project and the story of deep time Bass Strait.

Guest panellists include Palawa cultural custodians Fiona Maher and Buck Brown, palaeoecologist Professor Simon Haberle, marine biologist Associate Professor Neville Barrett, and project producers Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo.

The Land Bridge was produced by Wind & Sky Productions and funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.

Entry is free but please book via the Star Theatre booking link so we can know you are coming https://startheatre.com.au/wp-cinema/movie/S25LANDBRIDGE/THE+LAND+BRIDGE/

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - IMAS ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation GLaWAC Parks Australia Parks Victoria

THE LAND BRIDGE THE LAND BRIDGE Rating: CTC Duration: 90 mins Director: Jary Nemo Genre: Documentary     Join us on THU MAY 08. 7pm to watch the 30-minute documentary film and learn about The Land Bridge. Guest panellists will include first nations knowledge-holders and scientific experts in envir...

08/04/2025

We are excited to announce The Land Bridge documentary is part of the Setting Sun Film Festival this year. Come along to Session Five, the Bluestone Arts Space, Footscray, May 13!! https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1380101
The Land Bridge project was supported by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.

Proudly diverse.

07/04/2025

We have an amazing group of guest panellists confirmed for our Q&A discussion & Land Bridge documentary screening in Bairnsdale, Gippsland, this Saturday.

Check these bios out!

Wayne Thorpe: a Gunnai man and cultural custodian of the language of song, story and dance. He has dedicated his life to raising cultural awareness and inspiring people in the understanding of Indigenous cultural messages.

Grattan Mullett: identifies as a Kurnai man from the Gunaikurnai Nation. He is General Manager of Culture at the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation. Growing up at Lake Tyers, he has worked On Country for many years in land and cultural heritage management.

Dr Runjie Yuan: a coastal geomorphologist studying the dynamics of Victorian coastlines. He is working as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Melbourne.

Tim Ziegler: Collection Manager, Vertebrate Palaeontology at Museums Victoria. He is a regular visitor to Gunaikurnai Country, investigating the fossilised remains of Ice Age megafauna preserved in the area’s caves.

When: 6pm-8pm, Saturday 12th April, 2025
Where: The Forge Theatre and Arts Hub, 80 McKean Street, Bairnsdale, VIC 3875
Entry: Free entry, but please book using the humanitix link to let us know you are coming
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/the-land-bridge

The Land Bridge project was produced by Wind & Sky Productions and received funding through the Australian Government’s Our Marine Parks grant program.

(Image credit: a curious fur seal checks out the autonomous underwater vehicle surveying Bass Strait. Courtesy Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - IMAS)

GLaWAC Parks Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - IMAS Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation Parks Victoria

03/04/2025

Attention Gippsland: Come along to this free event on Saturday 12 April in Bairnsdale!

Discover the Lost Land Beneath Bass Strait.

Wind & Sky Productions is hosting a special screening of The Land Bridge — a powerful new documentary uncovering the deep-time story of the grassy plains that once connected Gippsland and Tasmania.

📅 Saturday, 12 April
📍 Forge Theatre, Bairnsdale
🎟️ Free event – bookings essential via https://bit.ly/4jcPem3

This one-night-only event takes audiences back 40,000 years to a time when a vast grassy plain stretched where Bass Strait now lies — home to Gunaikurnai, Bunurong and Palawa peoples.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Gunaikurnai knowledge holders, scientists, and filmmakers Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo, who will share insights into the stories that lay beneath the sea.

This free public event is a rare opportunity to experience the intersection of culture, history, and science in a powerful storytelling event.

Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd
Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust Page
Gippsland Aboriginal Network - Treaty For Victoria
East Gippsland Shire Council

01/03/2025

Thanks Lucie Cutting & ABC news for this great write up!

The mountain peaks of a landscape now under water are all that remains visible of a once grassy plain that connected Tasmania to mainland Australia.

06/02/2025

Introducing The Land Bridge: a digital story about the Bass Strait, sea level change, deep time human history, and Australia’s unique southeastern marine environments https://thelandbridge.au/introduction/


The Land Bridge digital story project was produced by Wind & Sky Productions and received funding through the Australian Government’s Our Marine Parks grant program.

08/01/2025

Attention science and humanities teachers: New Year 7-8 curriculum activities are available which cover Australia's deep past cultural history, the science of sea level change, biodiversity and marine ecosystems learning, and issues in water management. Studies are related to southeastern Australia's Bass Strait and its ice age land bridge https://thelandbridge.au/education-kit/ . The resources include ready-to-go student activities in Australian and Victorian Curriculum Year 7-8 , , and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority. The resources have been vetted by multidisciplinary experts and First Nations groups, and work in conjunction with the companion website and short film The Land Bridge https://thelandbridge.au/ . The resources are free to download and use for education purposes, no strings attached, paid for by the Australian Government as part of the Our Marine Parks grants program. Please share widely to teacher networks. Contact Wind & Sky Productions for more information.

08/01/2025

Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation was one of our cultural partners providing important guidance on cultural matters and traditions for the Land Bridge digital story. Thanks for all your help, BLCAC Cultural Values team!

Did you know that Bass Strait was once a vast grassy plain connecting Victoria to Lutruwita/Tasmania? 🌏

The Land Bridge, a new digital story, delves into this fascinating, deep history featuring First Nations perspectives. Explore it online and share: https://thelandbridge.au/

Produced by Wind & Sky Productions and funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program, this project highlights the cultural significance of Australian Marine Parks.

The Bunurong Land Council (Aboriginal Corporation) Cultural Values and Research Team was proud to collaborate with Wind & Sky Productions on this inspiring initiative.

Wind & Sky Productions

18/12/2024

A new online documentary The Land Bridge winds the clock back 40,000 years to the ancient landscape and deep human history of the Bass Strait https://thelandbridge.au/the-documentary/

10/12/2024

It took us two years. We created this story.

The producers acknowledge the First Peoples of the land bridge who have cared for this Country since at least the last ice age.

08/03/2024

Happy IWD! International Women's Day

Welcome to Women's History Month!

At the turn of the twentieth-century Melbourne, a pioneering network of women at the Mission to Seafarers called the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild (pictured) supported sailors who risked their lives at sea. The deeds of this remarkable group of women were almost forgotten until 2007, when a set of dusty old boxes were discovered under the mission's theatre in the 90-year-old heritage-listed building at 717 Flinders Street.

Lucinda Horrock's Victorian Community History Awards commended article details the work that went into archiving these records: https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2022/discovering-archive

09/02/2024

Congratulations to our producer Lucinda Horrocks who won a commendation for her journal article ‘Discovering an Archive’ at the Victorian Community History Awards last Friday.

There was a strong field of diverse projects on show – an impressive symbol of the strength of history storytelling in Victoria.

Congratulations to all award winners and commended. You can read the full report here: https://prov.vic.gov.au/winners-2023

You can read Lucinda’s commended article here: https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2022/discovering-archive

Thanks to the The Mission to Seafarers - Victoria for the amazing stories kept inside their archives.

Photo by Public Record Office Victoria .