We’ve just chosen our new Corridor Crew Shirt, and we’re excited to share that we’ll be getting them through Yarn, a platform that collaborates with First Nations artists to create clothing and accessories that celebrate culture with respect and authenticity. Yarn isn’t an Indigenous-owned business, but they are deeply committed to reconciliation, cultural appreciation and ensuring artists are recognised, paid royalties, and supported to share their stories through their art.

Our shirts were designed by Luke Mallie, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist with heritage from the Kuku Yalanji people of the Daintree/Mossman area (crocodile totem) and Kubin Village on Moa Island in the Torres Strait (frilled-neck lizard totem). We fell in love with his design immediately, it reflects the connections, pathways and relationships we’re passionate about building through our corridor work.

These shirts will help our volunteers stand out in a crowd, represent our project proudly, and feel like a united team when we’re out in the community. We hope others will wear them with pride too, as a symbol of the work, we’re doing together to restore and reconnect our local environment.

We’ll be fundraising to kit out all our volunteers, members and sponsors with these shirts. Volunteers will have their names embroidered on them, so they feel part of the team and easily recognised at events and planting days. Our sample shirts arrive mid-April, and we’ll be chasing grants and donations so we can place a full order as soon as possible.