The Gulngai were an indigenous Australian rainforest people of the state of Queensland. They are not to be confused with the Kuringgai.
Gulà Âay was one of the Dyirbalic languages, and a dialect of Dyirbal.
Norman Tindale set their lands at some , situated around the Tully River below Tully Falls, and the Murray River. Their southern border lay on the range above Kirrama.