NAIDOC

National NAIDOC Week 2022 Events

TUESDAY 5 JULY

The free shuttle bus to the Uluru Cultural Centre runs today. See shuttle bus schedule below.

FREE SHUTTLE BUS SCHEDULE TO ULURU CULTURAL CENTRE

Heading out to the Cultural Centre at Uluru but don't have a ride? We've got you covered! Hop on our FREE shuttle bus that departs twice daily throughout NAIDOC Week. Look out for the AAT Kings bus marked Free Shuttle to Uluru Cultural Centre on Monday 4, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6, Thursday 7, and Saturday 9 July and just get on! No bookings required. See our schedule below:

Desert Gardens Hotel

  • Departs 10:10AM
  • Departs 12:40PM

Sails in the Desert

  • Departs 10:15AM
  • Departs 12:45PM

Staff Flatettes

  • Departs 10:20AM
  • Departs 12:50PM

Ayers Rock Campground

  • Departs 10:25AM
  • Departs 12:55PM

Outback Pioneer Hotel

  • Departs 10:30AM
  • Departs 01:00PM

Uluru Cultural Centre to Ayers Rock Resort

  • Departs 11:00AM | Arrives 11:30AM at Resort
  • Departs 01:30PM | Arrives 02:00PM at Resort
  • Departs 04:00PM | Arrives 04:30PM at Resort

9:00AM | GUIDED GARDEN WALK | CIRCLE OF SAND TOWN SQUARE | 30 MINS

Group taking guided tour of gardens at Ayers Rock Resort
Guided Garden Walks

Meet at the Circle of Sand at Town Square Lawn at 9am, or at the Circle of Sand at Desert Gardens Hotel at 4pm, where your Guide will show you around the Resort Gardens highlighting the seasonal local flora, highlighting bush foods, trees native to Australia and the medicines traditionally used.

Difficulty: Easy

10:00AM | PLAYSCHOOL: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY | ARKANI THEATRE | 27 MINS | RATED G

Playschool Acknowledgement of Country

In this special episode, presenters Luke Carroll, Miranda Tapsell and Hunter Page-Lochard give an Acknowledgement of Country celebrating Australia’s first people. The joyful provocations throughout this episode share knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and highlight importance of caring for Country together. The stories, songs, music, dance and creative projects included can extend perspectives around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture for young children and their families.

10:00AM & 10:30AM | BUSH YARNS | CIRCLE OF SAND TOWN SQUARE | 30 MINS

two men talking together
Bush Yarns

Listen to the stories of Aboriginal culture and tradition where you will be shown men’s weapons that were used for hunting or women’s tools and techniques to gather bush tucker in the central desert.

Difficulty: Easy

10:30AM | ART TALK & TOUR | GALLERY OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (GOCA) | 30 MINS

Join us for a tour of GoCA where we exclusively celebrate the vibrancy, creativity and culture from the Central and Western Desert region. Learn about the origins of dot painting and be guided across traditional and modern Indigenous art as we shine a light on the artists through enriching discussions. Learn more about GoCA.

11:00AM | DIDGERIDOO WORKSHOP | TOWN SQUARE FOUNTAIN | 45 MINS

Didgeridoo being played by man in the outback
Didgeridoo Workshop

Listen to the enchanting sounds of the didgeridoo. Yidaki, the traditional Aboriginal term for the didgeridoo, was discovered in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Difficulty: Easy

1:00PM | BUSH FOOD EXPERIENCE | ARKANI THEATRE | 45 MINS

Bush Food Experience

Learn about Australian and local bush tucker and how for many centuries local Indigenous groups would hunt, gather and prepare these bush foods.

Difficulty: Easy

2:00PM | CAPTURING THE COSMOS | ARKANI THEATRE | 45 MINS

Uluru on a starry night
Capturing the Cosmos

This astronomy documentary reveals the current research and technologies about radio astronomy, dark energy and Australia’s role at the forefront of radio astronomy.

Difficulty: Easy
Time of Day: Sunset

2:30PM | ART TALK & TOUR | GALLERY OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (GOCA) | 30 MINS

Join us for a tour of GoCA where we exclusively celebrate the vibrancy, creativity and culture from the Central and Western Desert region. Learn about the origins of dot painting and be guided across traditional and modern Indigenous art as we shine a light on the artists through enriching discussions. Learn more about GoCA.

3:00PM | OUR LAW | ARKANI THEATRE | 27 MINS | RATED PG

Our Law

In this factual documentary at WA's first Indigenous-run police station in Warakurna, two Noongar officers learn Yarnangu Lore and culture and master the local Ngaanyatjarra language to police in a more meaningful way.

3:00PM & 3:30PM | BUSH YARNS | CIRCLE OF SAND DESERT GARDENS HOTEL | 30 MINS

two men talking together
Bush Yarns

Listen to the stories of Aboriginal culture and tradition where you will be shown men’s weapons that were used for hunting or women’s tools and techniques to gather bush tucker in the central desert.

Difficulty: Easy

3:00PM | DIDGERIDOO WORKSHOP | TOWN SQUARE FOUNTAIN | 45 MINS

Didgeridoo being played by man in the outback
Didgeridoo Workshop

Listen to the enchanting sounds of the didgeridoo. Yidaki, the traditional Aboriginal term for the didgeridoo, was discovered in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Difficulty: Easy

4:00PM | GUIDED GARDEN WALK | CIRCLE OF SAND DESERT GARDENS HOTEL | 30 MINS

Group taking guided tour of gardens at Ayers Rock Resort
Guided Garden Walks

Meet at the Circle of Sand at Town Square Lawn at 9am, or at the Circle of Sand at Desert Gardens Hotel at 4pm, where your Guide will show you around the Resort Gardens highlighting the seasonal local flora, highlighting bush foods, trees native to Australia and the medicines traditionally used.

Difficulty: Easy

7:00PM | SERVANT OR SLAVE | ARKANI THEATRE | 57 MINS | RATED MA

Servant or Slave

Servant or Slave follows the lives of five Aboriginal women who were stolen from their families and trained to be domestic servants. With the government exercising complete control over their wages, many thousands of Aboriginal girls and boys were effectively condemned to a treadmill of abuse, of which there was little hope or escape.