Team PNG to the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games have seen what they will be competing for at the world event.
For many generations, the Gold Coast coastline has been a place for gathering, meeting and sport.
The medal design represents the soft sand lines which shift with every tide and wave, also symbolic of athletic achievement.
As the water moves towards low tide, each wave moves the sand, creating and leaving behind new lines in the sand witnessed by those present.
The continual change of tide represents the evolution in athletes who are making their mark.
The woven strand of the freshwater reed, yungair, is three reeds woven to form a pattern resembling many triangles joined together.
It is reminiscent of the South East Queensland and Gold Coast areas.
The traditional technique involves one reed as the working reed, which continually wraps around the other two reeds.
Individually each reed has little function or purpose, however when connected together, they are strong and can have many functions.
The medals were designed by Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, a local Nunukul, Ngugi and Goenpul woman of Quandamooka Country, who lives and works on Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island – her mother and grandmothers’ birthplace.
Delvene’s medal designs have been brought to life by the Royal Australian Mint, who are responsible for the production and delivery of the medals.
(Picture: Gold Coast 2018)