Gathering on Walbunja country, elders and youth of the Yuin nation led the Sorry Day walk.

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Walbunja and Murramarang elder Bunja Smith helped coordinate the day. He felt "blessed" to see the community come together.

The first National Sorry Day was held on May 26, 1998.

Mr Smith said change was happening slowly with non-Indigenous Australians understanding and appreciating culture.

"There's hope," he said.

"the future is looking bright.

"It has taken 220 years for non-Aboriginal Australia to mature and fully understand and appreciate culture."

In our shire, Mr Smith would like to see further consultation and inclusion of the Indigenous community.

Walbunja man Jordan Nye spoke from the heart as the walk came to an end at the Clyde River foreshore.

He said an apology for what happened in the past was not enough. He hoped non-Indigenous Australians would take the time to learn more about culture.

"Along with the apology, I believe there should be a follow up with acknowledgement and moving forward," he said.

"The apology means a lot, but it's not all about that, it's about the acknowledgement of our history both black and white."

"More than a word; reconciliation takes action ..." was this year's theme of Reconciliation Week.

Mr Nye said "small things matter", such as building relationships with each other.

"Reconciliation means to mend a relationship that has already been there, but there hasn't actually been a relationship established," he said.

"Conciliation needs to happen before reconciliation."

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He wanted to see people become more in touch with each other and the environment.

"We need to acknowledge each other as natural beings; we have lost who we are and how we impact our environment and everything around us," he said.

"I would like to see people's thought processes change in how they see themselves in this environment and the world."