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Jarramali Rock Art Tours

CULTURAL SITE

Jarramali Rock Art Tours explores a 20,000-year-old outback museum of rock art.
The 'Magnificent Gallery' – in Quinkan Country near Laura, Far North Queensland – has been recognized by UNESCO as one of the 10 most significant rock-art sites in the world. “I can show you the whole structure of our society by looking at that gallery,” says Kuku Yalanji man Johnny Murison. Johnny was working as a carpenter when he and a cousin made an astonishing discovery while out bush in northern Queensland. “We were four-wheel driving, chasing rock art, and when we found this rock art we were like, 'Whoa, this is awesome,'” recalls Murison. “Because of the location of this particular gallery, we were like, 'Mate, this would rival Kings Canyon [in Central Australia], flamin' Arnhem Land and the Kimberley. We've got a crown jewel right here.'” So inspired was Murison by his discovery of this ancient outback art gallery – thought by archaeologists to be 20,000 years old – he decided right then and there to launch a tourism venture. Jarramali Rock Art Tours showcases the Quinkan rock art within the so-called 'Magnificent Gallery'.

NATIONAL PARK / CULTURAL SITE

Kakadu National Park, in Kakadu, Northern Territory, is a World heritage-listed home to Aboriginal peoples for more than 65,000 years. It is about half the size of Switzerland and a habitat for approximately a third of all bird species in Australia. Travellers can experience the park and its flora and fauna at night with an Indigenous guide on a new Stargazing Boat tour, which intertwines the ancient wisdom of Bininj knowledge with classical constellations. Discover the night life and nocturnal sounds of the billabong while learning the history of the world as told in Dreaming stories and illustrated in the stars. Alternatively, spend time with the local Indigenous community on the new Kakadu Billabong Safari Camp tour.

NATIONAL PARK / CULTURAL SITE

Wintjiri Wiru

Wintjiri Wiru, a spectacular light show involving 1,000 drones and Anangu culture, at Uluru, Northern Territory, brings to life a chapter of the Mala ancestral story and was developed in close consultation with Anangu custodians. The show was designed and produced by world-

renowned media architecture studio RAMUS, with the goal of illuminating the Central Desert with a spectacle of lights, projections and lasers shining on the spinifex and mulga. This is the first time this kind of technology has been used to share Anangu culture and is a new experience for Uluru.

WALKING TOUR

Wula Gura Nyinda's 3 day World Heritage Walking Tour at Shark Bay, Western Australia, is a new walking tour of two national parks located in the Shark Bay World Heritage area – Francois Peron National Park and Dirk Hartog Island. Learn about local Aboriginal culture and history, spot wildlife, explore spectacular natural landscapes and sit under the stars listening to the ancient sounds of the digeridoo. This is a rare opportunity to spend time on Country with an Indigenous guide and to really 'feel Country'.

OUTDOOR DINING EXPERIENCE

Tali Wiru

Tali Wiru is fine dining under the Southern Desert sky, with Uluru as a backdrop. Each dish in a four-course meal showcases native produce in an innovative way, using Indigenous herbs and spices. A local Aboriginal storyteller shares insights about Anangu culture and history. Dinner might be pressed wallaby with fermented quandong, or roasted toothfish nestling beside coastal greens, desert oak and fermented muntries.

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