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G A R A ANN G ADDIM ROCK ART EXPERIENCE At the Horizontal Falls Welcome to Worrorra Country with Jilinya Adventures www.JilinyaAdventures.com.au Indigenous owned and operated Bookings 0409 870 116 or [email protected] Join us at this hidden location that has never before been open to visitors. Accessible only by helicopter, experience a breathtaking scenic flight over folded giants, swim at an untouched waterhole beneath an ancient rock art cave. Have the unique privilege o f visiting an ancient art site guided by the Aboriginal custodians. Have the experience of a lifetime as you chopper over the Horizontal Falls, the spectacular folded and indented coastline stretching below you. Land in untouched wilderness, where your Jilinya guide shares their culture with you at an ancient art site. Cool off in the hidden adjacent pool, knowing you are one of only a handful who have ever made it here… Scenic flight | Cultural guide | Rock Art| Gorge Swim Duration | 2 hour 40 mins Cost | $3 95 incl. GST per person Tour meet location | Horizontal Falls Platform Tour is lead by knowledgable Wandjina people from the Worrorra tribe. Tour includes: • Scenic helicopter flight • Ochre ceremony • Full interpretive tour of cave and Wandjina rock art •Freshwater swim at hidden waterhole • Smoking ceremony • Opportunity to purchase local Wandjina arts and crafts Wandjina artist Kirsty Burgu Jilinya Adventures offers you the rare privilege to experience and learn about lore and culture directly from the custodians themselves. The living cultures of Australia’s Aboriginal people span more than 60,000 years. Your Jilinya guides belong to the Worrorra language group, whose homelands stretch from Cone Bay in the southwest to the Prince Regent River in the north. Worrorra people follow the Wandjina, their god, law- maker and creator. Images of Wandjina are painted in caves throughout the Kimberley, recording the stories and knowledge of the ancient culture in stone. We invite you to come and visit these ancient yet still living rock art galleries, guided by Jilinya Adventures. About Jilinya Adventures Owned and operated by Francis and Donny Woolagoodja and family. Donny Woolagoodja is an elder of the Worrorra people, who's saltwater homelands stretch from Strickland Bay in the Southwest to the famed Prince Regent River in the north. Donny brought the Wandjina culture into the international spotlight with his giant sculpture of the Wandjina Namarali that was centre stage d uring the opening ceremony at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. A Worrorran patriach, he is a key knowledge holder, spiritual leader and respected elder of the West Kimberley. Like his father before him, Donny has worked with anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, authors and film crews for years, documenting the ancient and famed Wandjina culture. Your guide Robyn Mungulu Francis is a Worrorra man who comes from the Oomeday (Horizontal Falls) and Mulendom (Prince Regent River) regions of the West Kimberley. He traces his belonging to these area's back through generations on his grandfather and grandmothers side... connecting him to both the north and southwest of Worrorra country. Since a child he has grown up learning the ways of the Wandjina culture from his mothers brother, Uncle Donny Woolagoodja. He created Jilinya Adventures as a way that he and his family members can share their knowledge with visitors to their country, and spend more time in their ancestral lands. www.JilinyaAdventures.com.au Bookings 0409 870 116 or [email protected] We are on Facebook and Instagram! Find us @JilinyaAdventures .