some special places you can connect to aboriginals Australia:
Tasmania's Island Heritage
Tasmania’s Island Heritage National Landscape is a pristinely beautiful yet accessible wilderness of dramatic coastlines, thick forests and snow-capped mountains. Separated from the Australian mainland during the last Ice Age, for nearly 10,000 years the island has evolved in splendid isolation, creating a living museum of some of the world’s oldest and rarest plants and animals. The untamed beauty of Tasmania’s Island Heritage is so precious it meets more World Heritage criteria than anywhere else on the planet. Here, you can find countless world-class nature and adventure experiences and be captivated by the Aboriginal heritage and Australia’s early convict and settler history.
AUSTRALIAN RED CENTRE
You can lose and find yourself in Australia’s Red Centre, a place rich in Aboriginal culture and rugged outback beauty. You’ll also find the iconic natural wonders of Uluru, Kata Tjuta, the MacDonnell Ranges and Kings Canyon. Explore them all from Alice Springs, the outback town framed by ancient mountain ranges and endless plains. Here in our red heart, you can ride a camel, sleep under the stars, swim in secluded waterways and discover the spiritual dimensions of Aboriginal art.
GREAT BLUE MOUNTAINS
Embrace freedom beyond measure in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area – one million hectares of cliffs, canyons, valleys, waterfalls and bushland. This traditional country of six Aboriginal language groups is just 90 minutes drive from Sydney. Take in the panoramas on a bushwalk, bike or with an Aboriginal guide. Marvel at natural attractions like Wentworth Falls, the Three Sisters, Dunns Swamp or Mt Yengo. Explore Jenolan Caves and walk the historic Six Foot Track to Katoomba. Wind along the Greater Blue Mountains Drive and its discovery trails to appreciate the area’s incredible size and diversity.
Kakadu National Park
Kakadu is home to one of the world’s highest concentration of Aboriginal rock art. See rock crevices cut by Dreamtime ancestors at Nourlangie Rock. Or view a painting of Lightning Man, the Dreamtime ancestor who still controls the violent wet season lightning storms, in the nearby Anbangang Gallery. Check out a painting of the Rainbow Serpent and some of the world’s finest examples of X-ray art at Ubirr Rock. You’ll see hand prints of animals, hunters and Dreamtime figures, as well as shelters, stone tools, grindstones, rock art and ochre for ceremonial paint. Learn how the art depicts Kakadu’s social, cultural and natural history on a guided tour or through the interpretative signs.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Visit Uluru and you’ll see why the rock and surrounding land have such huge spiritual significance for the Anangu Aboriginal people. According to their creation myths, ancestral spirits formed Uluru, which lies in Australia's red centre like an enormous, moody heart. Aboriginal guides will share these ancient tales as you walk around the rock’s base. Just 32 kilometres away is another sacred site - Kata Tjuta. You’ll be awestruck by these steep, rounded, russet domes over 3,500 hectares.
Gippsland, Victoria
Discover a rich Aboriginal history along Gippsland’s rugged coastline. Wander the fern gullies, sandy beaches and eucalypt forests of the sacred land now known as Wilsons Promontory National Park. Trace Aboriginal trading routes up to 18,000 years old. Watch local Aboriginal people make baskets, spears, shields and canoes in the traditional way at Bairnsdale. Or learn where the Dreamtime touched the rugged gorges, rainforest and gullies of Woolshed Creek.