The 3 Sisters, Katoomba
We have many keepsake I must to do as a keepsake if you ever come to Australia is visit the 3 sisters at Katoomba this is only about 1.5 hours from my hometown. The Tale of Love and War The Three Sisters play an important part in Aboriginal history and, according to legend, were once three beautiful sisters called Meehni, Wimlah, and Gunnedoo. The sisters fell in love with three brothers in the neighbouring tribe– something that was forbidden under tribal law. To rebel against the law, the brothers set out to capture the women and make them their brides. This led to a major war between the two tribes, with the entire region in battle. A witchdoctor from the sister’s tribe decided to help the women. Transforming them into stone during the battle in order to protect them. He planned to reverse the spell and bring the women back to life after the battle ended. But sadly, the witchdoctor was killed in battle, and no one else had the power to turn the women back to people. Leaving the three sisters to remain as the large rock formations for all eternity. Standing mournfully high above the Jamison Valley, never to be human again. The Alternative Tale This tale begins with Tyawan, the local tribe’s witch doctor. Tyanwan had three daughters; named Meenhi, Wimlah and Gunnedoo. Whenever Tyawan left his three daughters alone to get food, he had to pass by a hole and leave the girls behind a rocky wall on a cliff. He left the girls behind the rocky wall to protect them, as it was known that a Bunyip, the most feared creature in the land, resided in the deep dark hole. One day, as Tyawan did as he always did, and passed through the hole in search of food, a large centipede crawled up next to the girls. The centipede scared the daughter meenhi so much that she threw a rock at it. The rock missed and fell down the hole which angered Bunyip. He emerged from his hole and faced the girls. Tyawan, was returning from his hunt, saw the girls in danger from afar, turned them to stone with his magic bone to protect them from the creature. Bunyip became enraged and chased after Tyawan, in which Tyawan escape has a lyrebird, but lost his magic bone in the process. Without his magic bone, he was unable to change himself or his daughters back to humans, forever searching for his bone. Nowadays, if visiting you can still hear the call of the lyrebird around the rocks, always in search for its magic bone.
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