DISCOVER ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES – NEWS February 2020

Welcoming 5 new members We are pleased to welcome and introduce five new businesses in 2020, taking the collective to 45 members that offer over 140 Aboriginal guided experiences spanning the breadth of the Australian continent in both urban and regional locations.

Discover Aboriginal Experiences is Culture Connect, Queensland Jarramali Rock Art Tours, Queensland a flagship suite of extraordinary The rich cultural traditions and extraordinary The Quinkan rock art, found around the tiny Aboriginal experiences, showcasing natural landscapes of Tropical North Queensland northern Queensland town of Laura, is remarkable the world’s oldest living culture are the backbone of Culture Connect’s experiences in itself: named one of the 10 most significant through cultural insights, authentic that offer intimate, genuine connections with rock art sites in the world by UNESCO. But getting Indigenous owners through day, multi day or to this remote locale with Jarramali Rock Art Tours experiences, meaningful connections, private charters. This could mean hunting for is an unforgettable adventure, too. Travel to the fun and adventure. mud crabs on Cooya Beach with brothers Linc and Magnificent Gallery either by 4WD, crossing the Brandon Walker, watching artist Brian “Binna” wild terrain of the Maytown to Laura Coach Road, Swindley creating work that overflows with or take a helitour from Cairns, swooping over reef, For further information: Dreamtime stories or having exclusive access to rainforest and rugged sandstone escarpments to nmitchell@tourism..com the rock art rich Normanby Station near Cooktown. reach this extraordinary outdoor art museum. tourism.australia.com/aboriginal cultureconnect.com.au jarramalirockarttours.com.au

Koorie Heritage Trust, Victoria Lirrwi Tourism, Ngurrangga Tours, Western Australia The Koorie Heritage Trust’s motto, “Gnokan , in the north-east corner of the Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi man Clinton Walker set up Danna Murra Kor-ki”, translates as Give Me Your Northern Territory, might be one of the world’s Ngurangga Tours to show off his part of the world – Hand, My Friend – and it’s the perfect invitation most undiscovered corners, but the Yolŋu people the rugged red-tinged Pilbara region in the north of to discover 60,000 years of Aboriginal history have called it home for tens of thousands of years. Western Australia – to the world. He’s particularly in Victoria. Explore the beauty, resilience and For them, the earth here is their mother, a guide, passionate about Murujuga National Park on the stories of the state’s Indigenous past and nurturer, healer. Lirrwi Tourism takes visitors to Burrup Peninsula, which is home to about a million present at the trust’s gallery and cultural the “land and sea country” of the Yolŋu offering rock carvings, but he’ll also take you to his favourite centre at Federation Square in the heart of a glimpse of this incredible relationship through fishing spots, cook up a feast in an earth oven and Melbourne or take a walking tour to a significant stories, art, food, dance, fishing and hunting. share his knowledge of bush foods and medicine. Indigenous site in the city. lirrwitourism.com.au ngurrangga.com.au koorieheritagetrust.com.au 12 15 Cobourg Peninsula• 2 1 3 4 6 •East Arnhem Land 10 7 Katherine• 9 14 Cooktown• Mossman• 21 26 27 30 Cape Leveque • Port Douglas• 20 17 18 19 22 23 25 •Derby BROOME • 32

33 •Karratha •HAMILTON ISLAND

•EXMOUTH ALICE SPRINGS • 11 5

8 13 16 • AYERS ROCK (ULURU)

•Shark 34 Bay

Beenleigh• 24

40 •Ikara - Flinders Ranges 28 29 45 •Newcastle

Yallingup• 41 42 44 31 •Denmark 43

35 36 37 Warrnambool• 38

 39 DISCOVER ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES NORTHERN TERRITORY WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 Bremer Island Banubanu Beach Retreat 28 Dale Tilbrook Experiences 2 Davidson’s Arnhemland Safaris 29 Go Cultural Aboriginal Tours and Experiences 3 Kakadu Cultural Tours 30 Kooljaman at Cape Leveque 4 Kakadu Tourism 31 Koomal Dreaming 5 Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tour 32 Narlijia Experiences Broome 6 Lirrwi Tourism 33 Ngurrangga Tours 7 Lord’s Kakadu & Arnhemland Safaris 34 Wula Gura Nyinda Eco Cultural Adventures 8 Maruku Arts VICTORIA 9 Nitmiluk Tours 35 Koori Heritage Trust 10 Pudakul Aboriginal Cultural Tours 36 Melbourne Museum – Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre 11 RT Tours Australia 37 Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne – Aboriginal Heritage Walk 12 SeaLink NT – 38 Worn Gundidj@Tower Hill 13 SEIT Outback Australia 14 Top Didj Cultural Experience & Art Gallery TASMANIA 15 Venture North Safaris 39 wukalina Walk 16 Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia – Ayers Rock Resort SOUTH AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND 40 Wilpena Pound Resort 17 Adventure North Australia – Daintree Dreaming Tour 18 Culture Connect Australia NEW SOUTH WALES 41 19 Dreamtime Dive & Snorkel Australian Museum – First Australians Galleries 42 20 Flames of the Forest Dreamtime Southern X 43 21 Janbal Gallery Ngaran Ngaran Culture Awareness 44 22 Jarramali Rock Art Tours The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney 45 23 Rainforestation Nature Park – Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience Sand Dune Adventures 24 Spirits of the Red Sand *Information current as at February 2020 25 Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park Note: Map location references are an indication only 26 Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia – Mossman Gorge Centre 27 Walkabout Cultural Adventures

Visit our website for detailed information on each of the experiences in the collective: tourism.australia.com/aboriginal

Contact: Nicole Mitchell | E: [email protected]