ABOUT US

Kar­rke is the proud creation of Chris­tine Bread­en and Peter Abbott, who reside on their ances­tral home, the Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty known as Wan­mar­ra.

Wan­mar­ra, a com­mu­ni­ty com­prised of only 10 indi­vid­u­als, has ded­i­cat­ed itself to the preser­va­tion and safe­keep­ing of our Lurit­ja and Per­tame (South­ern Aran­da) lan­guage, cul­tur­al wis­dom, and her­itage. Our pri­ma­ry objec­tive is to ensure that the future gen­er­a­tions nev­er lose touch with their rich cul­tur­al heritage.


We offer a one-hour Abo­rig­i­nal Cul­tur­al tour from 01 Feb­ru­ary to 31 Octo­ber, every Wednes­day through Friday. Tours departing from 10:30am and 2:00pm.

Peter Abbott

Director & Cultural Leader

Peter is a West­ern Aranda/​Pertame (South­ern Aran­da) man from Cen­tral Aus­tralia region. Peter is your host and expe­ri­enced cul­tur­al tour guide who loves to share his cul­tur­al knowl­edge in gen­er­al to all guests and vis­i­tors who vis­it, live and work in this area of Watar­rka Nation­al Park. 


Pri­or to start­ing the busi­ness with my part­ner Chris­tine the only source of income for us was receiv­ing a gov­ern­ment ben­e­fit (i.e. Cen­tre­link pay­ment), we face many chal­lenges of liv­ing remote­ly on coun­try, we thought on how we can bet­ter our lives and our fam­i­lies by stay­ing on coun­try and earn­ing an income from it. We both then thought of doing a cul­tur­al tourism busi­ness. With a lot of plan­ning and talk­ing with indus­try and gov­ern­ment bod­ies we began putting aside some monies to make up enough for the reg­is­tra­tion of a business. 


Peter, says "Its great to share my cul­ture in gen­er­al, the more knowl­edge and the infor­ma­tion of this amaz­ing area that we live in I want to share it and that can be empow­er­ing to all vis­i­tors as well as my fam­i­ly they can see the awe­some­ness in it. We have the tour now but many more expe­ri­ences is yet to come from Karrke.” 

Christine Breaden

Director & Cultural Leader

Chris­tine Bread­en is a Lurit­ja women and tra­di­tion­al own­er of the Wan­mar­ra Com­mu­ni­ty. Chris­tine is also a mul­ti tal­ent­ed artist in dot paint­ing art form, wood­en arte­fact mak­ing and tra­di­tion­al brand­ing tech­niques which she pass­es on to the younger gen­er­a­tions with­in her fam­i­ly line.


Chris­tine is a proud busi­ness own­er is which she says, ​“Peter and I have our own busi­ness, we oper­at­ing it, its good for us and my com­mu­ni­ty I want to teach our young ones the tourism busi­ness to empow­er them so they can take it on in the future. That’s why Peter and I doing this business.”

Natasha Abbott

Operations Manager & Cultural Tour Guide

Palya/​Werte every­one my name is Natasha Abbott I’m a direct descent of the West­ern Aranda/​Pertame (South­ern Aran­da) peo­ple of Cen­tral Aus­tralia region, North­ern Territory. 


My role in Kar­rke is the Oper­a­tions Man­ag­er but in my spare time you'll see me spend­ing time on the tour being a cul­tur­al tour guide teach­ing and show­ing our younger generations and vis­i­tors Per­tame and Luritja/​Mutitjarra her­itage and cul­ture taught to me through my generational line of elders and from my broth­er Peter and sis­ter-in-law Christine.


Watarrka is Ngurra Palya-link (very great place) to Luritja/Mutitjarra people if ever you are in the area and wanting to learn about the local traditions and cultural please visit us.

Where to Find us

Situated on the southeastern fringes of Watarrka National Park, Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tours can be found approximately 5 hours and 30 minutes southwest of Alice Springs. We are conveniently located just 2 kilometers away from Kings Creek Station on the Luritja Highway, and a mere 34 kilometers from the Kings Canyon Resort. Keep an eye out for the prominent Karrke sign, and make a right turn onto a dirt road that will lead you straight to the enchanting Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience and Tours.

Directions

Stay Informed: Exciting Updates & Announcements

2018 Award Winners

Norther Territory Tourism Award:

Emerging NT Aboriginal Tourism Award

Kar­rke Abo­rig­i­nal Cul­tur­al Expe­ri­ence and Tours achieved vic­to­ry in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Tourism Awards, spe­cif­i­cal­ly in the cat­e­go­ry enti­tled ​“Emerg­ing NT Abo­rig­i­nal Tourism Award”, dur­ing the pres­ti­gious North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Brol­ga Awards 2018 cer­e­mo­ny held in Dar­win. The full news can be read at the link: http://​www​.tourism​nt​.com​.au.


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