In this work, Niah illustrates memories related to her non-Aboriginal grandfather, who ran a fly-fishing school in Jindabyne, in Monaro country:

"It is thanks to him that I have so many memories of this region. The Stringy Bark is our emblematic tree, a tree deeply important to our Yuin community." She continues: "It’s a variety of eucalyptus. It’s a bit like fishing in the heart of the eucalyptus forests, where my grandfather ran a fly-fishing school. Every spring, we would go there to learn or simply give it a try." Unknowingly, her maternal grandfather had settled exactly on the Aboriginal lands from which Niah’s father came.

Thus, Bana Gugaa Waraawara goes beyond a simple recollection of a lived moment. The work becomes a space of resonance between family history, artistic gesture, and Aboriginal cosmology. Through this series, Niah Juella McLeod invites us to slow down, to feel, and to relearn how to see the world through a profound sensitivity inherited from the land.