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Aboriginal Food, Culture, Cave and Didge Tour
Highlights
- Engage your senses on a three-hour immersive tour, connecting deeply with ancient Aboriginal culture and the land.
- Forage for Indigenous bush foods and medicines with Josh, learning their traditional uses and seasonal significance.
- Explore Ngilgi Cave, experiencing Aboriginal dreaming stories and the unique acoustics during a mesmerizing didgeridoo session.
- Savour a gourmet barbeque lunch around the campfire, featuring native foods paired with local Margaret River Region wine.
This Aboriginal food tour engages all five of your senses and delivers an immersive experience like no other, a sensory-rich three-hour native food tour that connects you deeply with the land and its ancient culture.
Take a guided walk with Josh to forage for Indigenous native bush foods, plants and medicines whilst hearing about their traditional uses.
Learn about the six Noongar seasons and how this influences what is hunted and gathered.
Journey into Ngilgi Cave for Aboriginal dreaming stories and a unique, mesmerizing didgeridoo experience that takes advantage of the awesome acoustics deep inside the cave.
Witness the art of traditional fire lighting, learn the fascinating history behind the ancestral artifacts you can touch and feel, and participate in a Didgeridoo music session.
This tour culminates with a gourmet barbeque lunch around Josh’s campfire, with native food tastings served with Margaret River Region wine and beer. Depending on the season, you might savour kangaroo, emu, seafood, quandong, emu plum, lemon myrtle and salt bush.
Itinerary highlights
Ngilgi Cave Yallingup
Take a guided bushwalk with Josh to forage for seasonal native bush foods and medicines and discover their cultural uses. Journey into Ngilgi Cave for Josh’s authentic storytelling of the Dreaming and a unique didgeridoo experience.
Learn about the six Noongar seasons and how they influence what is hunted and gathered. Discover the art of traditional fire lighting and tool making, as Wadandi custodian Josh demonstrates how to create a spark by rubbing two sticks together and explains how his ancestors created the artifacts you can touch and feel.
Finally, taste traditional foods and flavours around Josh’s campfire with a gourmet bush BBQ lunch. Depending on the season, these could include kangaroo, emu, quandong, emu plum and salt bush. Lunch is served with a selection of Margaret River region wine and beer.
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Koomal Dreaming
Based in Dunsborough, in South West Western Australia, Koomal Dreaming provides an opportunity for visitors to experience Wadandi and Bibbulmun country through the eyes of the traditional owners.
‘Koomal’ is the traditional Aboriginal name of Wadandi man Josh Whiteland. Passionate, learned and spiritually aware, Josh has a personal commitment to sharing his deep knowledge of his culture with visitors. He created Koomal Dreaming so he could communicate at least part of his profound connection with his land and his people with guests from around Australia and the world.
Journey through ancient landscapes and discover the world’s oldest living culture. Walk beside Wadandi custodian Josh ‘Koomal’ Whiteland through Wadandi and Bibbulmun Country and connect with history like never before.
Taste the native foods that have sustained generations, learn about native flora and fauna, be moved by the melody of Josh’s didgeridoo music deep within the cave, and connect with the Dreaming spirits that have enriched the lives of the Wadandi and Bibbulmun people since time began.
Koomal Dreaming has two Meeting places within the Margaret River Region, located in Yallingup at Ngilgi Cave and at Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse precinct.
Koomal Dreaming is part of the Margaret River Region and Australia’s South West. In 2024, Josh was the recipient of the Tourism Western Australia Gold Award for Individual Excellence in Aboriginal Tourism.
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
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- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Visitor Information Centre
- WAITOC Associates
- WAITOC Full ATB Members
- WA – Australia's South West
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