The City of Fremantle is hosting these famils, which are included for all delegates of the 2025 Perth Airport WA Tourism Conference on a first-come, first-service basis. Delegates can choose between the two following options for Wednesday, May 28. These tours are included in the conference ticket price. Select your tour during the registration process.
Please note there are limited spaces available in each tour and places are confirmed once a registration has been confirmed.
Option 1 - Explore Truth-Telling in Walyalup Tour with In Culture
2.30pm - 4.45pm Wednesday, May 28
Engage in a multi-sensory experience and hear truth-telling about Aboriginal Culture, traditions and life before colonisation. Walk together on Country over some of Perth's most iconic and scenic landscapes, smell native plants that were traditionally used as bush medicine and imagine the Noongar dreamtime stories that have been passed down for generations.
What's Included
- Welcome to Country
- Sand Ceremony
- Education about Noongar Culture from a Noongar person.
- Sight-seeing iconic locations in Fremantle.
- Stories of truth-telling the side of history that wasn't written.
- Hear the Dreamtime stories that can't be Googled.
- Learn about bush foods and bush medicines that were traditionally used.
- Experience the connection to Country and the importance of place.
- Enriched understanding and appreciation of Noongar Culture.
What to Wear/Bring
Comfortable shoes, sun protection, water bottle, camera. Please check the weather on the day and wear suitable clothing.
Access and Inclusion
If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact In Culture Tours, so the tour can be adapted to best meet your needs.
Option 2 - Convicts, Culture and Street Art Tour with Two Feet & A Heartbeat
2.30pm - 4.30pm Wednesday, May 28
Once home to whaling stations and mass immigration, “Freo” is now a charming town celebrated for its music, culture and history. You’ll hear tales of daring prisoner escapes, see local street art and learn about the expulsion of Indigenous peoples to Rottnest Island. Find out why almost 10,000 men were transported from Great Britain and Ireland as convicts and how they built their own prison. There is no better way to explore Freo than with a local Two Feet guide who will share all its fascinating stories.
