illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour for pre-school groups

Be touched by the most ancient human culture on earth in a 90-minute leisurely walkabout with an Aboriginal guide in The Rocks Sydney, and journey into DreamTime, the culture of Aboriginal People.

illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour is 100 per cent Aboriginal-owned and was developed by Aboriginal Elder, Margret Campbell, a Dunghutti – Jerrinjah woman. It is led by Aboriginal guides who have her permission to share her cultural knowledge. The tour gives you the opportunity to discover how the ancient Aboriginal DreamTime is still alive within the modern Sydney landscape. 

showing a perspective of Sydney that is touching, enlightening, and very informative. 

• Experience a local Aboriginal greeting and learn some of the language spoken
• Meet knowledgeable Aboriginal guides
• Participate in a Sydney cultural acknowledgement of Earth Mother using her ochre (traditional paint)
• Opportunity to handle cultural objects and materials
• Learn about the Aboriginal DreamTime, it’s origin, history and culture through dreamtime stories. passed down though generations.

 Itinerary Features

·      Cadman’s Cottage – the meeting point for the tour, which begins with an introduction, acknowledgement to Country and an ochre activity.

·      Bligh and Barney Reserve – using seasonal native flora and fauna, the tour focuses on
natural resources and purposes/uses of lilly pilly, cabbage palm tree, casuarina, lamandra, braken fern, grevillia and Wollemi pine.

·      Campbells Cove – offers amazing views of Sydney Harbour. Here, the tour focuses on the Aboriginal saltwater lifestyle and the spiritual importance of the Aboriginal sites, such as the harbour, Opera House/ Bennelong Point and Circular Quay/Woccamagully.

·     Argyle Cut – learn about the importance of Earth Mother’s ochre (a natural paint), which exists in large clay pods on the wall of the Argyle Cut.

Tours for pre-schools are suitable for children aged 3-5 only. 

Bookings are available at a time that suits your Centre. Please contact us if your require further information.

1 teacher or responsible adult FREE OF CHARGE per 10 children. 

Additional accompanying adults: $13 per head 

Dreamtime Southern X is proudly one of Tourism Australia’s / Indigenous Business Australia’s “Indigenous Tourism Champions Program” product suppliers.  This elite group of product suppliers represent the best-of-the best Indigenous experiences in Australia.  Additionally we are a member of The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC), a certified member of Supply Nation (Aboriginal Corporate Association), Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Member and endorsed by the New South Wales Aboriginal Tour Operators Council (NATOC).