Aboriginal Cultural Tours Cairns – Port Douglas – Cooktown
A visit to Cairns and north Queensland Australia is not complete without taking an Aboriginal cultural tour to learn about these peoples ancient ancestral pasts and the secrets that each individual tribe in each location holds onto with regards to their use of the surrounding forests bush medicines, their individual tribes everyday way of life, their unique Aboriginal dreamtime stories and learn their ways to hunt for food and shelter in their Cairns Region ancestral grounds.
Over many centuries the Aboriginal people have learnt to live with the tropical seasons in Cairns and prosper from the plentiful bounties Mother Nature supplies to the earth for all to live naturally without relying on processed foods and chemicals and even permanent shelter from the tropical climate.
The Aboriginals have found ways to cook and eat normally poisonous roots and berries, they have found the nutritional values in all the flora and fauna around them and they have learnt about the natural healing and medicinal properties these plants provide for them. As far as the Aboriginal people are concerned every single living thing on the beach and in the rainforests has a purpose and they have found ways on how to utilise them for their tribe's survival.
Each and every Aboriginal tribe in the Cairns and north Queensland region have their own tribal secrets about the flora and fauna which the elders hold close to their hearts, they also have unique stories to tell about their ancestors as some tribes were coastal tribes and others were rainforest or outback tribes. These tribes did not come together very often and marriages or unions were only allowed if the intendeds were from tribes that were from opposite moieties.
Attention Australian Men
Please note you Aussie blokes, Aboriginals not only in Cairns but all over Australia have a "Mother In Law Rule" This rule actually applies to both the daughter in law and the son in law for the sake of peace amongst all families.
The Aboriginal mother in law is not to be spoken to directly by either the son in law or the daughter in law. They are to use their children or other tribe members to pass on messages so that there can be no potential for any disagreements.
How's that for the perfect answer to your intermarriage problems?
Aboriginal Cultural Tours and Attractions Cairns, Mossman Gorge and Cooktown.
North from Cairns you can visit an Aboriginal Cultural Park for a soft introduction to the Aboriginal way of life and have a go at throwing a woomera, throwing a boomerang and a spear and even having a go at playing the didgeridoo.
Watch a bit of theatre acting where the Aboriginals tell their story thru a play with music and storytelling to keep you entertained. Watch movies with headsets that provide commentary in all languages on the history and culture of the Australian Aboriginal people. This Aboriginal Cultural Park tells you the story about the Tjapukai rainforest people that used to live and hunt on this very piece of traditional land.
Visiting the park at night also gives you another perspective on the Aboriginal way of life as the darkness offers up the mysterious elements for the Quinkan Spirit Dance and fire making show where Aboriginals dress up as these dreamtime spirits and surround you in the darkness.
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Tour Inclusions: Tuesdays-Thursdays-Fridays An Aboriginal Cultural Experience : Adding to the drama of the evening two Aboriginal brothers share some of their culture and story telling for the dinner guests along with some didgeridoo playing and singing. Hear about their relatives past history and how the Mowbray region has a lot of importance to the past of the Kuku Yalanji people that used to gather here for funerals, tribal wars, cultural exchange, and story telling. At the end of the evening you will have the chance to talk with the brothers and also have your photographs taken to remember the evening. |
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| Cultural Evening Departing from Port Dougtlas - Tuesday, Thurday and Friday Evening | |||
| Adults | Student / Pensioner | Child | |
| $207.00 - Enquire | $207.00 - Enquire | $170.00 - Enquire | |
| Cultural Evening Departing from Cairns & Beaches - Tuesday, Thurday and Friday Evening | |||
| Adults | Student / Pensioner | Child | |
| $207.00 - Enquire | $207.00 - Enquire | $170.00 - Enquire | |
Hunt with Cooya Beach Port Douglas Aboriginals
If you want to experience the real deal and see where the ocean dwelling Aboriginals find food and shelter then you need to spend a day with the Walker brothers Linc and Brandon otherwise known in Aboriginal names as the Kubirri Warra brothers and they will show you the Kuku Yalanji way of living and preservation of their fertile ancestral lands.
They will show you how to spearfish and find giant Daintree Mussels in the murky Mangroves, they will show you the flora and fauna they use to brush their teeth, exfoliate their skin or heal tropical lesions. You will leave these Port Douglas Aboriginals hopefully with a new sense of appreciation about the simplistic and important things in life and hopefully a new focus on the here and now and also the importance of the need to fight for the preservation of our natural environment for future generations.
Wujal Wujal Bloomfield Falls
Here you have the opportunity to meet the awe inspiring custodians of the Bloomfield Falls rainforest region You will see some of the most spectacular scenery and learn and listen from the stories of these ancient peoples culture. Sit with them and ask those questions that have been bugging you for years and let your children see another way of life that is so polar apart from their days that are currently being spent tapping away on computers and eating fast food and ordering more plastic junk from China to pollute our skies, rivers and streams.
Aboriginal people that live life the way Aboriginal people have for hundreds of years are happy people, happy for the little things that the rainforest gifts to them and they are the protectors and custodians of our ancient rainforests.
Cooktown Aboriginal Art Tours
Just 40 minutes outside of Cooktown You will come upon the Aboriginal Art Rock sites of the Nugal-warra and be able to meet with a Nugal-warra elder Willie Gordan of Guurrbi Tours. Here you can visit six ancestral rock art sites including the Reconciliation Cave and an ancestral Birthing site.
Willie as a Nugal-warra elder is one of only a few Aboriginals that are permitted to tell the stories of his ancestral land and he does it with an infectious smile and slight giggle. He especially loves to teach children about the Aboriginal rock art and the lore's of the land and Aboriginal spirits. This is another of Cairns and Cooktowns mostly highly awarded tourism tours and attractions due to the dedication of these Aboriginal people to showcase their lives and beliefs to people from other nations the world over.
Cairns has some of the best and most accessible Aboriginal attractions for tourists to come and look, hear and learn about.
Thank you to Adventure North for the images