Tiwi island experience
If you’re after a genuine Indigenous experience without the tacky trimmings of tourism, then try a Tiwi Islands cultural adventure.
The Aboriginal Community of Nguiu (pronounced new-you) has a population of 2000, and there you’ll be shown around by a local guide, so you can try bush tucker – mangrove worm sounds nice – and learn about the Tiwi history and culture.
Spend some time with the women weaving and painting and then set out on a drive through the stunning Wilderness, stopping off at a local waterhole for a swim. A two-day camping tour starts at only $475, with flights from $170. Group sizes range form two to 25. For more information on this Aussie Adventure holiday, call 1300 721 405 or click here
Fish The Top End
Bragging rights will be all yours after you cast off the rocks into the pristine waters of Northern Territory’s Coburg Peninsula and pull up a barramundi or mangrove jack. Expect to catch fish, and lots of them. Then take one back to your Coburg Beach Hut and look at it for a while, before handing it over to the capable hands of pro-chef Belinda Lewis, who will cook up your one that didn’t get away.
Belinda spent 12 years as a chef, training in the Hunter Valley, NSW, before travelling up the east coast and working at the Cape Don Homestead in the Northern Territory. Now she and her partner Jason run the eco-tourist Cape Don Beach Huts in the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park. Jason takes you out to all the fishing hot-spots and Belinda prepares to make a happy fisherman or woman even happier.
“You can’t get fresher produce or happier guests – there’s a lot of pride and pleasure that comes out of enjoying your own catch,” says Belinda.
For information call 08 8979 0455 or click here
