Pukara is Katrina’s grandfather’s country and a significant sacred site where Kaliny-Kalinypa (Honey Grevillea) is found.

The Tjukurpa for Pukara is of a father and son who were both wanampi (water snakes). They had lived at Pukara, a place

with a big rockhole, for a long time with other families. There was lots of water in the rockhole. The son wanted to play with

the other children there but they always teased him, saying his eyes were too big. This made the boy very upset. The boy

and the man eventually travelled west, and when they left the rockhole almost dried up, with only a little bit of water left. The

other families stayed and survived there with the small amount of water. One day, when the boy became a man, him and his

father returned to Pukara. The son was still upset and angry at the children who had teased him. He wanted to punish them

and he turned into a wanampi, swinging his head around to hit them. All of the families ran away in fear. The father and son

went into the rockhole and they still live there now.

The Kaliny-kalinypa growing at Pukara is a favourite bush food of Anangu. The flowers can be picked and placed in a

billycan of water to create honey water (cordial) or they can be sucked for their sweet honey dew.