Southern Cross Cultural Walk

3 Hours
Dampier Peninsula - ARDI, Western Australia
Catch & Cook
April to September
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Join Bardi-Jawi man Bolo Angus and his family on an inspirational journey through Country at Lullumb on the Dampier Peninsula, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Learn about Bardi-Jawi culture and experience hunting and gathering techniques passed down through generations.

During this three hour walk you will experience the mangroves, paperbark forests, salt plains, creeks and drink from a sacred freshwater spring. Bolo will explain and demonstrate the use of various native plants, show you how to find fresh water and bush tucker. Discover how the Bardi-Jawi people use the Country and tides to determine the seasons and how this dictates their hunting and foraging patterns.

This is a hands on experience and filled with plenty of laughter and lots of little surprises along the way from nature and your charismatic guide Bolo.

*Please enquire now to check availability*

Location

Lullumb, off the Cape Leveque Road. Meet just north of the Djarindjin airstrip. You will find the Lullumb and Mudnunn turn off where your guide will meet you. Approximately 8km south of Cape Leveque at Kooljaman.

What to expect

The Southern Cross Cultural Walk is approximately three hours in duration. The experience requires a medium level of fitness and a 4WD to reach Lullumb.

Bolo will welcome you to Bardi-Jawi Country and guide you through a fascinating cultural journey as you make your way across the changing landscapes back to Lullumb, the spectacular and pristine coastal Country of his ancestors.

This secluded place is where Bolo shares his cultural knowledge with visitors on his engaging and family friendly tours. This relaxed journey unfolds through cultural stories, songs, hands on experiences and survival skills including hunting methods. Walking through the creek of the outgoing tide you experience the mangroves and its ecosystems, spot mud crab holes, see an array of bird life, a fresh water spring and a tasty surprise in paperbark forests.

During the tour Bolo will share some of his traditional songs that have been passed down from his ancestors and are about the area and his people. You get to enjoy a rest under the shade of the hand-made shelters. The tour culminates back at Lullumb on the banks of the beach with a cook up of all the bush tucker that has been collected and caught during the tour and a traditional Kimberley damper.

At Lullumb you will discover how Bolo and his family use traditional artefacts including boomerangs, the Iilma and the ancient family dress code.

4WD Essential.

What is included

This three hour tour operates daily between April and September, pending the appropriate tide conditions.

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Tour start times are subject to the tides which vary daily. Some days the tide is in all day so these days we are unable to run this tour.

*Please confirm with the experience provider 48 hours before the tour as to the exact time of tour.

Just north of the Djarindjin fuel stop and airstrip you will find the Lullumb turn off. Your guide Bolo will meet you here before heading off in your vehicles along the 4WD track to Lullumb. From here Bolo takes you out to the start of the walk in the mini-van and the walk meanders back to Lullumb.

What’s included:

  • Aboriginal Guide
  • Beach cook up and damper on conclusion of tour

Meeting point

You must drive your own 4WD to the meeting point - Lullumb, Dampier Peninsula (16°31'21.1"S 122°59'14.4"E )

What to bring

  • Your own 4WD - Essential
  • Reef sandals, booties are recommended for walking in mud
  • Sunscreen and hat
  • Water bottle
  • Camera

YOUR EXPERIENCE PROVIDER

Southern Cross Cultural Walk Lullumb

Southern Cross Cultural Walk Lullumb was established in 2018 and is owned and operated by Bolo Angus and his family from Ardyaloon community in the Kimberley region. Join Bardi, Jawi man Bolo and his family on an inspirational journey through his traditional Country on the Dampier Peninsula, 200km north of Broome at Lullumb.

Bardi and Jawi people are gaarra (saltwater) people. Bardi people are from the mainland of the Dampier Peninsula and islands immediately offshore from Ardyaloon (One Arm Point). Jawi people are from the islands further east, including Iwany (Sunday Island). Both Bardi and Jawi people share and practise the same law. The whole of Bardi and Jawi Country is culturally significant from the different plants and animals that live there to the many significant sites and places which are interconnected through songlines and stories that refer to mythological beings and places far afield.

Bolo is strong in his lore and culture which has been passed on to him by his grandfather, and he is passionate about keeping these traditions alive for future generations to follow.

Share the secrets of Bolo’s ancestral homeland at Lullumb, where the bush meets the sea.

Other services:

Customised tours are available on request
Cultural Dance group bookings available on request

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