Embrace Australia's Ancient Culture with Karrke

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A short guid­ed walk and talk on areas of impor­tance in our cul­tur­al knowl­edge about bush tuck­er (Abo­rig­i­nal bush foods), bush med­i­cines used for spir­i­tu­al and phys­i­cal heal­ing and a lot more, as used by the Lurit­ja and Per­tame (South­ern Aran­da) peo­ple of Cen­tral Aus­tralia desert region.


In our shaded seating areas, you will discover the profound significance of grinding rocks and stones and the various uses of them, grinding seasonal edible tree and grass seeds, as well as the utilization of bush medicine and other valuable purposes. Additionally, we will introduce you to a diverse selection of seasonal Bush Tucker foods, sourced from the lands, that are still gathered today. This includes witchetty grub and honey ants.

In addition, we will also present a comprehensive explanation of an Aboriginal Dot painting, as traditionally practiced by the indigenous people of the desert regions. Explanation of our people's traditional wooden artifacts such as tools and weapons, music sticks, seeded necklaces, bracelets made from local woods found in the Central Australia region.

Aboriginal Cultural Tour

The Experience


Kar­rke Abo­rig­i­nal Cul­tur­al Expe­ri­ence and Tours is a one-of-a-kind authen­tic abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al expe­ri­ence. Our 1‑hour tour is a short walk and talk on areas of impor­tance in our cul­tur­al knowl­edge on bush tuck­er and bush med­i­cines used for spir­i­tu­al and heal­ing and a lot more, as used by the Lurit­ja and Per­tame (South­ern Aran­da) people.

What you will Learn


In our shad­ed seat­ing areas, you learn about;

  • Sea­son­al bush tuck­er food, includ­ing the Witch­et­ty Grub!
  • Mai (mean­ing food in the Lurit­ja lan­guage) edi­ble tree seeds and grass seeds and the impor­tant grind­ing stones.
  • Expla­na­tion of an Abo­rig­i­nal dot paint­ing in great detail. 
  • Local wood made Abo­rig­i­nal artefacts
  • An impres­sive large scale dis­play of var­i­ous oth­er seeds of trees gath­ered from our region
  • Bush med­i­cine plants and their uses by our Abo­rig­i­nal people.


Please note that all bush foods pre­sent­ed we do not rec­om­mend any­body eat them it will be at their own risk taking.


Pho­tographs are very wel­come. We respect­ful­ly ask that there be NO film­ing and or voice record­ing on the tour.

What to Bring

  • We do have very hot days in sum­mer (Octo­ber to March) with day­time tem­per­a­tures reg­u­lar­ly exceed­ing 35°C so bring a fly net, cool and com­fort­able clothes and closed in footwear.
  • A water bot­tle to keep hydrated.
  • Sun­screen and a hat.
  • Dur­ing our win­ter months (June to August) it does get cool do rug your­self up for the out­doors weather.
  • A cam­era to take those amaz­ing shots of your expe­ri­ence with us!


We pro­vide

  • Shad­ed areas and seating.
  • immer­sive cul­tur­al dis­plays across all our tour areas.
  • An amaz­ing authen­tic Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al expe­ri­ence suit­able to everyone.
  • Lots of smiles and friend­li­ness by our cul­tur­al tour guides.
  • Hand san­i­tiz­ers for guest use.
  • Con­tact less pay­ment system.
  • Strin­gent hygiene prac­tices of tour areas.
  • local art and crafts, paint­ings for purchase.


Tour Details


Pricing : $99.00*

Duration : 1 hour

Dates : Tours operate Wednesday to Friday from 1 February to 31 October annually.

Departure times : 10.30am & 2.00pm

*Prices are displayed in AUD, GST included and subject to change.

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Testimonial


"Everyone should share this experience, just brilliant! It was wonderful to learn from Peter and Natasha about their lives and traditional aboriginal lives including foods, customs, art, hunting and more. I admire their commitment to help others understand aboriginal culture…in this part of Australia. Their attention to detail, timing and presentation was excellent. Even my teens found it very interesting."