illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour
Be touched by the most ancient human culture on earth in a 90-minute leisurely walkabout with an Aboriginal guide in The Rocks Sydney, and journey into DreamTime, the culture of Aboriginal People.
illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour is 100 per cent Aboriginal-owned and was developed by Aboriginal Elder, Margret Campbell, a Dunghutti – Jerrinjah woman. It is led by Aboriginal guides who have her permission to share her cultural knowledge. The tour gives you the opportunity to discover how the ancient Aboriginal DreamTime is still alive within the modern Sydney landscape and how the billion-year-old harbour, marine environment, sandstone strata, waterways, flora and fauna continue to influence how Aboriginal people live today.
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illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour
What's included in illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Cadman's Cottage
The tour begins with an introduction, acknowledgement to Country and an ochre activity. We then move to Bligh Barney Reserve (right next to the Cottage), where - using seasonal native flora and fauna - the tour focuses on natural resources and purposes/uses of plants such as lilly pilly, cabbage palm tree, casuarina, lamandra, braken fern, grevillia and Wollemi pine.
Learn about the importance of Earth Mother’s ochre (a natural paint), which exists in large clay pods on the wall of the Argyle Cut.
Dawes Point Park
Located under the harbour bridge with stunning harbour views, visitors learn the Aboriginal name and importance of this significant Aboriginal site.
Inclusions
- Tour commentary
- Aboriginal Guide
- Please bring water on hot days.
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children 2 years and under are free of charge.
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- The meeting place for your tour is outside Cadmans Cottage, 110 George St, The Rocks (on waterfront side, opposite the Overseas Passengers Terminal).