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Rockingham Cultural Tour
Highlights
- Explore the Rockingham Foreshore while engaging with Noongar stories through immersive silent disco technology.
- Experience a Welcome to Country and smoke ceremony, connecting deeply with local Aboriginal traditions on the beach.
- Discover over 50,000 years of rich Aboriginal history, enhancing your understanding of the area's cultural significance.
- Learn about bush medicine and local food procurement, gaining insights into sustainable practices from First Nations people.
Hidden deTours is excited to team up with In Culture Tours for a Noongar cultural walking tour along the beautiful Rockingham Foreshore using silent disco technology.
This unique tour is hosted by two tour guides from different cultural backgrounds – Monique Boucher from Hidden deTours and Whadjuk tour guide Steven Jacobs. Combined they share stories about First Nations and European history in the area from past to present.
Moordibeedip (Rockingham) is steeped in rich Aboriginal history from over 50,000 years ago. Hear dreamtime stories about how Meendip (Garden Island) came to be and the significance of ceremonies for Noongar people in this area.
Through the wonder of silent disco headphones Noongar stories, history and culture are brought to life with a musical soundtrack.
Experience a Welcome to Country, smoke ceremony and sand-throwing ceremony on the beach, before we continue our journey along the foreshore. The smoking ceremony is subject to weather conditions.
Learn about Aboriginal lore and culture, the importance of skin groups, bush medicine, and local food procurement. The impacts of colonisation will be discussed, such as genocide and the stolen generation, with truth-telling at the heart of how we all move forward together in this country.
Tour details
- On demand
Features
Service facilities
Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://www.hiddendetours.com.au/accessibility.html
Operation information
Hidden deTours – Perth
Hidden deTours are the merrymakers and adventure curators!
Their award-winning small bus tours and walking tours reveal the hidden and the different across Perth, Fremantle, Swan Valley, Bickley Valley, Rockingham, Mandurah and the Peel region.
Monique Boucher, recent Silver winner of Australia’s Top Tour Guide Award and recipient of the FACET Golden Guide of the Year at the WA Tourism Awards is the founder and director of Merriment at Hidden deTours. Drawing on a lifetime in the performing arts, she crafts immersive tourism experiences that ooze personality, creativity and flair.
Venture beyond the usual—because the best stories begin with a detour.
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Accreditations
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
Memberships
- Professional Tour Guide Association of Australia
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- WAITOC Associates
- WA – Destination Perth
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