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The Guardian
10-06-2025
- The Guardian
Unmissable Aboriginal experiences in and around Perth
If you're planning a trip to Perth (Boorloo), signing up for an immersive Aboriginal cultural experience while you're there can enrich your travels and deepen your appreciation of this beautiful city. These tours, led by traditional custodians, offer authentic insights into Whadjuk and Noongar cultures, and invite you to see some of the area's most scenic locations through a completely different lens. Here are two standout Aboriginal-owned operators offering cultural tours in and around Perth. Aboriginal Cultural Tours of Kings Park, Nyungar Tours. Photo credit Tourism Western Australia. In Culture Tours offers a memorable way to experience Whadjuk Noongar boodjar (Whadjuk Noongar country) through guided walking tours that blend truth-telling with traditional knowledge, sensory immersion and stunning landscapes. Led by Noongar guides, these tours are designed to connect you to place while sharing stories and perspectives often omitted from history. In the heart of Perth, the Kaarta Gar-Up Kings Park Cultural Tour offers sweeping views over the city skyline and Swan River (Derbarl Yerrigan) while your guide shares the Dreaming stories tied to this sacred place. You'll smell and touch native plants once used as bush medicine, hear stories of life before colonisation, and gain a new understanding of Kings Park's cultural significance. The 90-minute tour is wheelchair- and pram-accessible and suitable for all ages. Down the coast, the Walyalup Fremantle Cultural Tour takes you on a 90-minute journey through key sites such as Bathers Beach, the Whalers Tunnel and the Round House lookout. You'll experience a welcome to country and a sand ceremony, learn about the opening of the Swan River from a Noongar perspective, and explore truths behind colonial history that are rarely told. This gentle, all-ages walk is both scenic and thought-provoking, and finishes at the WA Maritime Museum (or the nearby Gage Roads brewery if you're thirsting for a cold drink). Whadjuk guide Steven Jacobs on the Boya Kaarla Walking Tour with In Culture Tours. Photo credit: Tourism Western Australia. For those looking to explore further afield, the Boya Kaarla Cape Peron Cultural Tour, about an hour south of the Perth CBD, offers dramatic coastal vistas and cultural storytelling. Your Whadjuk guide will share the significance of Point Peron in Noongar lore, how the area was used for important ceremonies and the ways the surrounding bushland and shoreline continue to play a vital role in spiritual and everyday life for Aboriginal people. The tour's ceremonies and teachings about local flora will have you reflecting on the past and seeing the landscape differently, as you walk by rocky outcrops with ocean views stretching out to the horizon. Yalgorup National Park. Photo credit: Tourism Western Australia In Mandurah, just over an hour south of Perth, Goolamwiin invites travellers to experience culture on country in Yalgorup National Park. Meaning 'winds blowing from the south-west', Goolamwiin is more than a tour company – it was created to provide a space to share stories, and forge understanding and connection between cultures, no matter where in the world you come from. The Goolamwiin Day Tour is a three-hour cultural journey that begins with a Nyungar welcome to country before heading into the bush. Your guides will share personal stories of growing up on an Aboriginal reserve, introduce you to bush tucker and medicinal plants, and invite you to try your hand at using traditional tools. Over a campfire morning or afternoon tea, guests learn more about Nyungar life, language and lore. Dance and storytelling form a key part of the experience, bringing traditions to life in a way that's engaging, respectful and inclusive. The tour finishes with the chance to view and buy Aboriginal artworks by the local artist Kerry Stack. For visitors wanting to deepen their experience further, the Goolamwiin Overnight Camping Tour offers an extended stay on country from 4pm to 9am. This experience includes everything in the day tour, plus a cultural healing ceremony, campfire dinner and an overnight stay in the bush. It's an opportunity to slow down, switch off from the everyday and connect to the land and stories that have shaped it for generations. Coastal Trail, Mandurah. Photo credit: Tourism Western Australia. You'll learn about the importance of freshwater sites, try bush foods, participate in traditional dances, and wake to a bush breakfast and billy tea. It's an intimate way to experience living culture in a welcoming, hands-on setting that encourages shared learning and storytelling. Whether you're fine-tuning your itinerary for an upcoming trip or already on the road, Aboriginal-led tours are easy to book and will be memorable highlights of your trip. And whether you're interested in walking the city's most iconic parks, tracing coastal songlines in Fremantle or sitting by the fire in Yalgorup National Park, these tours encourage more than sightseeing – they're about shifting perspective. Through storytelling, ceremony and connection, each tour invites you to engage with Whadjuk and Noongar culture in a meaningful and respectful way. They will both lift and deepen your travel experience, and you'll carry their lessons with you long after your journey ends. Discover more at
ABC News
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Lubly Dae Takeover: E-V
Yamaji selector E-V makes her Mix Up debut with feel-good afrohouse beats! A fresh face on the scene, Boorloo's E-V is a proud Yamaji woman and DJ who pulls sounds from all around the world to keep the dancefloor heaving. From Amapiano and Afro House to Hip Hop, RnB and Electronic house, E-V's mixes set the perfect scene no matter the event. Since kicking off her DJ journey in 2022 she's heated up the decks at local joints like The Bird, bumpin' boat parties, and regularly slots in for guest appearances on community station RTRFM. Loading Uplifting grooves are the name of the game, and E-V has you well covered tonight whether you're heading out to the club or kicking on at home. Either way, you'll want to turn up your speakers and boogie down! Uplifting grooves are the name of the game, and E-V has you well covered tonight whether you're heading out to the club or kicking on at home. Either way, you'll want to turn up your speakers and boogie down! Track list Coming soon!
ABC News
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Lubly Dae Takeover: Yesna
Loading Close your eyes and picture a sweaty club basement where you're lost in the dance with your mates – and that's exactly the vibes this legend is bringing to the booth on from his huge Friday Mix in 2024 and a bunch of support slots for heavy hitters including Skin On Skin, Mall Grab, Effy, and Sam Alfred, Yawuru and Karajarri DJ YESNA is back on your radio and better than for his high energy grooves and heavy percussion sounds YESNA seamlessly blends across techno, breaks, and global bass taking you on a journey and keeping you on your on Mix Up, YESNA's hitting us with a stack of high tempo club cuts from Boorloo producers, as well as plenty of techy, proggy and hard-hitting house. Keep it locked!
