Woy Woy. The Venice of Australia

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the the head of all principality and power.

Colossians 2:8-9

Woy Woy is a fascinating Australian town known colloquially as the Venice of Australia.

At the gateway to the Central Coast region and the suburb of Woy Woy are the Sacred Kariong Lands and the famous Egyptian Hieroglyphs. However, there is a malevolent energy present in the landscape. Aboriginal Pastor James Dargin has placed an altar at the base of the Grandmother Tree. He has acknowledged these lands as God's Land calling for love, forgiveness and unity in the holy spirit to spread across the world starting here on the NSW Central Coast of Australia. Many other pastors and Christian leaders are now making their way to the area to pray over the region and break the demonic strongholds. A group of powerful prayer women have been ushered in to carry out God's instructions to prepare the path for heaven on earth.

Ten minutes away in the township of Woy Woy, the demonic stronghold is evident. The Central Coast has the second-highest number of domestic violence incidences in NSW and is over-represented in breaches of apprehended violence orders. Crimes of sexual assault are also on the increase.

But the story doesn't end there. In April 2020 Former Gosford Mayor Laurie Maher OAM was charged with historical child sexual abuse offences at the Mount Penang Training School, a government reformatory facility for teenage male offenders established in the 1940's not far from the Kariong Sacred Lands. The charges came about as a consequence of Strike Force Eckersley which was set up in 2016 following a series of complaints made to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The Mount Penang facility was linked to the now defunct Daruk Training School in Windsor which is at the centre of the majority of abuse allegations under investigation by police. It's a dark past that needs the light of healing shone upon it.

In this docu-series we follow twelve local victims; women and men as they traverse this life threatening experience to explore the reasons why the Central Coast is ranking so highly in domestic violence offences and all the ways in which abuse presents in people's lives. We look outside conventional models of addressing Domestic and Family Violence to activate new conversations in this epic story that seems only to be growing in magnitude.

The health and safety of other’s is everyone business and the consequences of

domestic abuse are felt across all levels of the community.

Central Coast Council

The prayer women are praying for healing to be activated here and to spread across the lands.

Pastor James Dargin has placed altars across the lands to clear demonic energy and install God's word. Next stop Baiame's Cave.

Are we enslaved and trapped by our abusers and how do we escape the tyranny?