Australian Geographic

AG SOCIETY HOSTED EXPERIENCES

Art, people and place

Australin Geographic Managing Director Jo Runciman travelled north on Coral Discoverer to be immersed in the enthralling Indigenous cultures of northern Australia.

I WAS DELIGHTED to recently host a special Australian Geographic Coral Expeditions art-themed tour of Cape York and Arnhem Land. This was so much more than simply a visit to the Tiwi and Torres Strait islands. It was an extraordinary and immersive opportunity to meet and interact with the communities living there.

What my fellow travellers and I experienced was an intimate education on Australian Indigenous culture. We did this by exploring

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