Make Nature your Classroom TM Exploring the Mangroves - Kimberley Traditional toolmaking Immersive Learning Cultural tours, camps and activitiesinspire and engage children, fostering cultural awareness and experiential learning. Cultural Stories Hands on with Nature On Country Experiences Student engagement and passion for learning is enhanced when we take the classroom outdoors and provide opportunities to interact with Aboriginal Tours and new environments and cultures . When students have an opportunity to learn outdoors they start to ‘live their learning’. This experiential method of teaching has been part of traditional Aboriginal culture for Experiences develop millennia. Passing on skills and ancestral knowledge from one generation to the next through practising lore and maintaining life skills, knowledge customs has preserved the Aboriginal culture, making it the oldest living culture in the world today. and cultural insights Over 100 Aboriginal Aboriginal cultural tours and activities provide this same immersive Ÿ Local Aboriginal history and culture learning experience, giving students the opportunity to explore Tours and Experiences Ÿ Foraging for native bush foods authentic, project based learning in an outdoor classroom context. With Ÿ throughout WA Kayaking, fishing, snorkelling hands on examples that include hunting and gathering, making tools Ÿ Animal tracking, wildlife conservation and implements using only natural resources and fostering a deeper Ÿ Hiking and bushwalking understanding of the unique cultural identity of the first Australians. Pick up a copy of our FREE Touring Map Ÿ Traditional toolmaking/spearmaking at visitor centres or visit our website. Ÿ Bush survival skills Many of the tours offer authentic ‘on country’ experiences, interacting Ÿ Wilderness camping with cultural custodians and elders, who share their knowledge of the Ÿ Campfire Dreaming stories land and offer an insight into Aboriginal culture through Dreaming Ÿ Didgeridoo playing stories, song, dance and a range of activities that encourage group participation and cooperation. TM MAP LEGEND 1. Ardyaloon KIM 2. Banana Well Getaway KIM = Tours & Activities KIM = Kimberley WB = Wheatbelt 3. Bilya Koort Boodja WB = Camping Grounds PIL = Pilbara SW = South West 4. Bindi Bindi Dreaming PER = Accommodation CC = Coral Coast PER = Perth/Fremantle/Peel 5. Borrgoron Coast to Creek Tours KIM = Bushtucker GF = Goldfields = School Programs 6. Bundy's Cultural Tours KIM (School Programs include school incursions or structured = Youth Camps group programs ie: art, crafts & toolmaking workshops) 7. Bungoolee Tours KIM 8. Cheeditha Art Group GF 9. Dale Tilbrook Experiences PER Cultural Youth Camps 10. Djinda Kaal Dreaming PER Cultural youth camps and programs combine fun and learning in pristine 11. Djirrily Dreaming PER wilderness locations where students learn valuable life skills, knowledge and 12. Djurandi Dreaming PER insights from one of the oldest living cultures in the world. Cultural youth 13. Go Cultural Aboriginal Tours PER camp operators can partner with schools, youth organisations, church groups, 14. Goldfields Honey Ant Tours GF government agencies and the tourism industry to provide nature based 15 .Goolamwiin PER activities designed to foster strong team building in a fun and interactive way. 16. Goombaragin Eco Retreat KIM Businesses displaying this symbol offer Cultural Youth Camps. 17. Gumbanan Wilderness Retreat KIM 18. Laverton Aboriginal Art Gallery GF 19. Kaarak Dreaming SW 20. Kimberley Cultural Adventures KIM 21. Kooljaman at Cape Leveque KIM 22. Koomal Dreaming SW Kununurra 23. Kurrah Mia SW 50 Cape Leveque 24. Lombadina Community KIM 32 25 1 2 5 6 16 17 25. Luridgii Tours KIM Derby 33 36 49 21 24 31 37 46 38 7 26. Mabu Buru Aboriginal Tours KIM Broome Fitzroy 20 26 39 27. Mandjoogoordap Dreaming PER 44 28 Crossing 29 34 28. Mankaja Arts KIM 29. Marnin Studios KIM 30. Martumili Artists PIL Port Hedland 8 Camping with Custodians Campgrounds Karratha Roebourne 41 31. Djarindjin Campground KIM Onslow 32. Doon Doon Campground KIM 35 33. Imintji Campground KIM Exmouth 30 Newman 34. Mimbi Caves Campground KIM WESTERN 35. Peedamulla Campground PIL 36. Violet Valley Campground KIM AUSTRALIA 37. Mercedes Cove Coastal Retreat KIM 38. Mowanjum Arts Centre KIM Shark Bay 53 39. Narlijia Experiences Broome KIM 40. Ngalang Wongi Aboriginal Tours SW 52 41. Ngurrangga Cultural Tours PIL 47 Northampton Mt Magnet 42. Njaki Njaki Aboriginal Tours WB 18 Laverton 54 Geraldton 43. Nyungar Tours PER 44. Oongkalkada Wilderness Camp KIM 14 Kalgoorlie 45. Roelands Village SW 42 46. Southern Cross Coastal Walk Tours KIM 47. The Storytellers CC 4 9 10 11 12 3 13 15 43 51 Perth 48. Walyalup Cultural Centre PER 48 Fremantle 49. Warmun Art Centre KIM 27 19 50. Waringarri Art & Cultural Tours KIM 40 45 Bunbury Esperance 22 Yallingup 51. Warrang Bridil PER 52. Wirnda Barna Art Centre GF 23 Albany 53. Wula Gura Nyinda CC 54. Yamaji Art Centre CC 1. Ardyaloon Hatchery 2. Banana Well Getaway 3. Bilya Koort Boodja One Arm Point Community Centre of Nyoongar Culture Dampier Peninsula Bardi Jawi Culture Dampier Peninsula 8 x cabins Northam Making artefacts KIMBERLEY Trochus Hatchery 2 x self contained houses WHEATBELT Storytelling & Cultural History Interactive Touch Pool KIMBERLEY Powered & unpowered sites Nature walks, talks & Cultural tours Barramunda Feeding Bush campsites Cultural Dance, Didge & Ceremonies Guided Tours Camp kitchen & laundry Art Workshops Abundant fresh spring water Located at the tip of the Dampier Peninsula. Learn Bush Foods about the Bardi-Jawi people's strong connection to An accessible, beautiful bush wilderness retreat at the The Bilya Koort Boodja Centre of Nyoongar Culture and their saltwater traditions and get up close and personal heart of Nyul-Nyul country. Banana Well offers a Environmental Knowledge includes an interpretive with some of the fish, turtle and coral species most convenient base from which to explore the space, exhibition space, shop/ gallery, venue hire, and prevalent in the area. spectacular Dampier Peninsula. will host regular tours & activities. Call: 08 9192 4930 Call: 08 9192 4040 Call: 08 9622 2170 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: ardyaloonhatchery.com.au W: bananawellgetaway.com.au W: northam.wa.gov.au 4. Bindi Bindi Dreaming 5. Borrgoron 6. Bundys Cultural Tours Coast to Creek Tours Tucker Bush Schools Program Kooljaman at Spear making Perth & surrounds Guided Cultural Tours Dampier Peninsula Explore tidal flats Cape Leveque Night Fishing PERTH Cooking Workshops KIMBERLEY Forage for bushfoods KIMBERLEY Bushtucker/medicine plants Cultural Arts & Crafts Coastal wildlife Dreamtime stories PD for Teachers Local pearling history Safari tent accommodation Noongar Culture Riji shell carving and camping at Kooljaman Bindi Bindi Dreaming showcases the unique Noogar culture in Camping at Cygnet Bay Perth. The Tucker Bush Schools Program assists schools in Explore the tidal flats at Borrgoron Bay. Learn about the A traditional owner, Bundy lives a contemporary but traditional establishing their own bush tucker gardens, enriching the learning unique marine life that inhabits the Dampier coast, forage for Bardi lifestyle. Activities include: Bushtucker Tour, Night Fishing environment with native edible plants. In-house cultural activities rock oysters, learn about traditional fishing and hunting Tour (own 4WD required) and Spearmaking Tour. and on-country tours can be tailored to your requirements. techniques and discover the traditional art of Riji carving. Call: 0417 031 707 Call: 08 9192 4283 Call: 08 9192 4970 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: bindibindidreaming.com.au W: cygnetbaypearlfarm.com.au W: bundysculturaltours.com.au 7. Bungoolee Tours 8. Cheeditha Art Group 9. Dale Tilbrook Aboriginal Experiences Traditional and Windjana Gorge Camping at Windjana Gorge Roeboure Tunnel Creek tour PILBARA Contemporary artworks Metro area Aboriginal Arts & Crafts Ex Fitzroy Crossing Windjana Gorge tour Artefact making PERTH Bushfood Experiences KIMBERLEY Rock art Gallery Tour Guided Cultural Tours Story of Jandamarra Local stories Aboriginal Culture & History Bushfood Foraging Garden Boab carvers Meet the artists and hear the stories. Cheeditha Art Group is a small art cooperative showcasing the culture and creativity of Dale's experiences and activities around Bush Tucker, Aboriginal Join your Bunuba guide on a tour of the 350 million year old the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people from Australia’s Culture and History and Aboriginal Art are comprehensive, in Devonian Reef system. Learn about the area’s natural history, extraordinary Pilbara region.The Group has artists from several depth, engaging and always include some bush tucker snacks take part in a traditional smoking ceremony and relive the language groups including Yindjibarndi, Kariyarra, Ngarluma and at the very least. Learn about medicine plants and the legend of Jandamarra. Eastern Guruma. amazing nutritional qualities of Australian native plants. Call: 08 9191 5355 Call: 0412 415 355 Call: 0411 112 450 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: bungoolee.com.au W: cheedithaart.com.au W: daletilbrookexperiences.com.au 10. Djinda Kaal Dreaming 11. Djirrily Dreaming 12. Djurandi Dreaming Bushfood tastings Customised Cultural Tours Metro area Children’s art workshops Metro area Medicine