Facebook FeedUUNGUUComments Box SVG iconsUsed for the like, share, comment, and reaction icons Mitchell River National Park, Ngauwudu (Mitchell Plateau) is closed for the season as of Monday 4th October. Munurru (King Edward River Campground) is closed for the 2026 season.Punamii Uunpuu (Mitchell Falls) Campground near Mertens is closed for the 2026 season. The park and its campgrounds are expected to remain closed through the wet season and reopen in April/May 2027, depending on local weather, flooding, and road conditions.We hope you have enjoyed your travels on Wunambal Gaambera country and we look forward to seeing you again next season. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Outback Spirit Broome Visitor Centre APT Luxury Travel Rachel Beadle Australia's North West Melanie Virgo Kim Cream Kimberley Quest Ben Broady Jazzlyn Phillips Leesharnie Phillips Tabitha Kowan THE KIMBERLEY ... See MoreSee Less 1 week ago1 CommentsComment on Facebook Wijingarri (Northern quoll) research highlights importance of fire management🔥A new research paper published in Austral Ecology examines how Wijingarri (northern quolls) (Dasyurus hallucatus) respond to fire in the North Kimberley. The study found the region provides high-quality habitat for northern quolls and suggests that a landscape containing a mix of burnt and longer-unburnt areas is likely to provide the best habitat for the species.Importantly, while the paper was published in 2026, it analyses research undertaken many years ago, in 2008–2009, before Wunambal Gaambera achieved Native Title recognition. At that time, the State managed the national park and carried out the fire operations associated with the research. Today, this Country is managed by Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation under the Wanjina Wunggurr Uunguu Native Title Determination and through the Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area.Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation is included as an author of this recently published paper in recognition of Wunambal Gaambera people’s interests and responsibilities for Country.📷 camera trap of a Wijingarri on Wunambal Gaambera Country Read the full paper here; Bush Heritage Austral Ecology WWF-Australia ... See MoreSee Less 3 weeks ago0 CommentsComment on FacebookPlay Leesharnie doing rock art tours at Munurru! Great stuff Leesharnie - so much positive feedback from guests camping at King Edward River. Make sure you duck into Munurru on your Kimberley trip and spend a few nights at Munurru. Do an art tour and get some awesome tshirts, bags all designed by local Wunambal Gaambera artists. This video was recorded by the inspiring Bailey Seamer from @wandering_minds_walk - so special having her stay with us on Wunambal Gaambera Country. Follow her story and her cause. @rachbeadle @leesharniephillips @tabithamarie01 @ukulele_jay_lee @ildephonse.c @outbackspirittours @aptouring @kimberley_australia @visitbroome @visitkununurra ... See MoreSee Less 1 month ago6 CommentsComment on Facebook Looking After Our Cultural Sites This past week some of our culture team have been doing work to look after cultural sites. We have been looking at sites that visitors are going to under our Uunguu Visitor Pass. The work involved doing baseline recording of sites so we have a good record of each place and then establishing photo monitoring at some rock art images that are at risk from things like weather, dust or human contact. Senior Cultural director Richard Karadada led the trip and most of the work happened in his country in Gibuldeyi graa. Archaeologist Stafford Smith (Right Place Geo) provided technical expertise used by the team that included Uunguu Ranger Ildephonse Cheinmora and Wyatt Goonack, Ranger Coordinator James Downie, Language and Culture Officer Jason Lee and Healthy Country Manager Tom Vigilante. The team also did work at Ngauwudu with Azariah Goonack, Leesharnie Phillips and Jamal Goonack to do photo monitoring at Bunjani (Little Mertens) and at Munurru. We used standard archaeological recording techniques and photography to document the sites. The drone is used to make an ortho photo mosaic which is one big photo of the area that helps to locate sites and walktrails and other things of interest. Lidar on the ipad can be used to make 3D models of smaller areas like rock shelters. Stafford has been working with the team to refine the work. In future our rangers will be able to do regular photo monitoring at sites when they are doing work in the area. We are also working on the story for the places we visited connecting recordings of old people with place. Under our Culture Operations in our Healthy Country Plan we have the objective of: “By 2030 we have reduced the threats to at least 100 cultural sites including those that are Uunguu Visitor locations.”Ildephonse Cheinmora Wyatt Goonack Leesharnie Phillips ... See MoreSee Less 1 month ago1 CommentsComment on Facebook Kalumburu Remote Community School kids enjoyed an awesome trip through Wunambal Gaambera country. Looks like it was fun! 🤩 ... See MoreSee Less 2 months ago2 CommentsComment on Facebook Sharing Wanjina Wunggurr culture at MunurruA pretty special experience on Wunambal Gaambera Country.Traditional Owners Leesharnie and Azaria Goonack recently shared Wanjina Wunggurr culture and stories passed down from our ancestors with visitors travelling with Outback Spirit at Munurru (King Edward River).Visitors to Munurru have the unique opportunity to spend time with Traditional Owners, learn about our culture and Country, and visit some of the incredible rock art that makes this place so special.If you’re travelling this way, make sure you have your Uunguu Visitor Pass before you leave — and spend a night or two at Munurru Campground. It’s one of the most beautiful places to camp, with a lovely waterhole nearby to cool off after a day exploring Country.More information about Munurru Campground and visiting Wunambal Gaambera Country:https://wunambalgaambera.org.au/visitors/…#WunambalGaambera #WanjinaWunggurr #Munurru #KingEdwardRiver #MitchellPlateauThanks for the pics Felicity!! Rachel Beadle Tabitha Kowan Leesharnie Phillips azaria.goonack ... See MoreSee Less 2 months ago4 CommentsComment on Facebook WUNAMBAL GAAMBERA COUNTRY BY PRIVATE VESSEL?YOU NEED AN UUNGUU VISITOR PASSIf you’re travelling the Kimberley coast by private boat and going ashore on Wunambal Gaambera Country, you need an Uunguu Visitor Pass.UUNGUU COAST ZONE - from the Prince Regent River to Admiralty Gulf Region.Onshore Access via Private VesselYour pass provides access to 50 designated visitor locations across Wunambal Gaambera Country.GET YOUR PASS BEFORE YOU HEAD OFFPurchase your Uunguu Visitor Pass online:NEED HELP?Rachel BeadleUunguu Visitor Pass ManagerE: infouvp@wunambalgaambera.org.auRespect Country. Travel the right way.Darwin Yachts Broome Visitor Centre Visit_Darwin Darwin Game Fishing Club Visit Derby THE KIMBERLEY Derby Fishing Club Dinah Beach Cruising Yacht Assn Darwin Trailer Boat Club Palmerston Game Fishing Club The Darwin Sailing Club AFANT ... See MoreSee Less 2 months ago0 CommentsComment on FacebookPlay Bunjani, Big Mertens Falls, NgauwuduThese spectacular falls are on Wunambal Gaambera Country in the north Kimberley. They are located in argu (sandstone), walararr (spinifex) and yawal (waterhole) country. Mangarrmangarr (peregrine falcons) nest on the cliff edges of gorges. Milyani (waterlily) in the yawal are prized bush tucker collected by women. There is impressive rock art from Wunambal Gaambera ancestors on the track a few hundred metres east of the falls. There is a Gwion battle scene and animal rock art at the yawal. You can visit Bunjani and see Punamii Uunpuu Mitchell Falls nearby. Base yourself at Munurru; for more info, Visitor passes and camp fees. Rachel Beadle Jazzlyn Phillips ... See MoreSee Less 2 months ago0 CommentsComment on Facebook Outback Truckers filming at NgauwuduWas great to have Trucker, Steve Grahame from popular TV show Outback Truckers visit us at Kandiwal, Mitchell Plateau. A Channel 7 production crewed joined Steve and filmed the delivery of the much needed power station after a lightning strike destroyed the power in the community. The crew took a trip to Punamii Uunpuu (Mitchell Falls) and met up with Traditional Owner, Jazzlyn Phillips who took them on a rock art tour sharing our Wanjina Wunggurr culture. This segment will air on 7Mate and 7Plus during Outback Truckers Season 13! Stay tuned for date and time! Here are some photos from their time on the plateau. Outback Truckers Jazzlyn Phillips Rachel Beadle Clayton Enoch Channel 7 7plus ... See MoreSee Less 2 months ago12 CommentsComment on Facebook Load more
Mitchell River National Park, Ngauwudu (Mitchell Plateau) is closed for the season as of Monday 4th October.
Munurru (King Edward River Campground) is closed for the 2026 season.
Punamii Uunpuu (Mitchell Falls) Campground near Mertens is closed for the 2026 season.
The park and its campgrounds are expected to remain closed through the wet season and reopen in April/May 2027, depending on local weather, flooding, and road conditions.
We hope you have enjoyed your travels on Wunambal Gaambera country and we look forward to seeing you again next season.
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Outback Spirit Broome Visitor Centre APT Luxury Travel Rachel Beadle Australia's North West Melanie Virgo Kim Cream Kimberley Quest Ben Broady Jazzlyn Phillips Leesharnie Phillips Tabitha Kowan THE KIMBERLEY ...
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Wijingarri (Northern quoll) research highlights importance of fire management🔥
A new research paper published in Austral Ecology examines how Wijingarri (northern quolls) (Dasyurus hallucatus) respond to fire in the North Kimberley. The study found the region provides high-quality habitat for northern quolls and suggests that a landscape containing a mix of burnt and longer-unburnt areas is likely to provide the best habitat for the species.
Importantly, while the paper was published in 2026, it analyses research undertaken many years ago, in 2008–2009, before Wunambal Gaambera achieved Native Title recognition. At that time, the State managed the national park and carried out the fire operations associated with the research. Today, this Country is managed by Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation under the Wanjina Wunggurr Uunguu Native Title Determination and through the Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area.
Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation is included as an author of this recently published paper in recognition of Wunambal Gaambera people’s interests and responsibilities for Country.
📷 camera trap of a Wijingarri on Wunambal Gaambera Country
Read the full paper here;
Bush Heritage Austral Ecology WWF-Australia ...
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Leesharnie doing rock art tours at Munurru!
Great stuff Leesharnie - so much positive feedback from guests camping at King Edward River.
Make sure you duck into Munurru on your Kimberley trip and spend a few nights at Munurru. Do an art tour and get some awesome tshirts, bags all designed by local Wunambal Gaambera artists.
This video was recorded by the inspiring Bailey Seamer from @wandering_minds_walk - so special having her stay with us on Wunambal Gaambera Country. Follow her story and her cause.
@rachbeadle @leesharniephillips @tabithamarie01 @ukulele_jay_lee @ildephonse.c @outbackspirittours @aptouring @kimberley_australia @visitbroome @visitkununurra ...
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Looking After Our Cultural Sites
This past week some of our culture team have been doing work to look after cultural sites. We have been looking at sites that visitors are going to under our Uunguu Visitor Pass. The work involved doing baseline recording of sites so we have a good record of each place and then establishing photo monitoring at some rock art images that are at risk from things like weather, dust or human contact.
Senior Cultural director Richard Karadada led the trip and most of the work happened in his country in Gibuldeyi graa. Archaeologist Stafford Smith (Right Place Geo) provided technical expertise used by the team that included Uunguu Ranger Ildephonse Cheinmora and Wyatt Goonack, Ranger Coordinator James Downie, Language and Culture Officer Jason Lee and Healthy Country Manager Tom Vigilante.
The team also did work at Ngauwudu with Azariah Goonack, Leesharnie Phillips and Jamal Goonack to do photo monitoring at Bunjani (Little Mertens) and at Munurru.
We used standard archaeological recording techniques and photography to document the sites. The drone is used to make an ortho photo mosaic which is one big photo of the area that helps to locate sites and walktrails and other things of interest. Lidar on the ipad can be used to make 3D models of smaller areas like rock shelters.
Stafford has been working with the team to refine the work. In future our rangers will be able to do regular photo monitoring at sites when they are doing work in the area.
We are also working on the story for the places we visited connecting recordings of old people with place.
Under our Culture Operations in our Healthy Country Plan we have the objective of:
“By 2030 we have reduced the threats to at least 100 cultural sites including those that are Uunguu Visitor locations.”
Ildephonse Cheinmora Wyatt Goonack Leesharnie Phillips ...
1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Kalumburu Remote Community School kids enjoyed an awesome trip through Wunambal Gaambera country. Looks like it was fun! 🤩 ...
2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Sharing Wanjina Wunggurr culture at Munurru
A pretty special experience on Wunambal Gaambera Country.
Traditional Owners Leesharnie and Azaria Goonack recently shared Wanjina Wunggurr culture and stories passed down from our ancestors with visitors travelling with Outback Spirit at Munurru (King Edward River).
Visitors to Munurru have the unique opportunity to spend time with Traditional Owners, learn about our culture and Country, and visit some of the incredible rock art that makes this place so special.
If you’re travelling this way, make sure you have your Uunguu Visitor Pass before you leave — and spend a night or two at Munurru Campground. It’s one of the most beautiful places to camp, with a lovely waterhole nearby to cool off after a day exploring Country.
More information about Munurru Campground and visiting Wunambal Gaambera Country:
https://wunambalgaambera.org.au/visitors/…
#WunambalGaambera #WanjinaWunggurr #Munurru #KingEdwardRiver #MitchellPlateau
Thanks for the pics Felicity!! Rachel Beadle Tabitha Kowan Leesharnie Phillips azaria.goonack ...
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WUNAMBAL GAAMBERA COUNTRY BY PRIVATE VESSEL?
YOU NEED AN UUNGUU VISITOR PASS
If you’re travelling the Kimberley coast by private boat and going ashore on Wunambal Gaambera Country, you need an Uunguu Visitor Pass.
UUNGUU COAST ZONE - from the Prince Regent River to Admiralty Gulf Region.
Onshore Access via Private Vessel
Your pass provides access to 50 designated visitor locations across Wunambal Gaambera Country.
GET YOUR PASS BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF
Purchase your Uunguu Visitor Pass online:
NEED HELP?
Rachel Beadle
Uunguu Visitor Pass Manager
E: infouvp@wunambalgaambera.org.au
Respect Country. Travel the right way.
Darwin Yachts Broome Visitor Centre Visit_Darwin Darwin Game Fishing Club Visit Derby THE KIMBERLEY Derby Fishing Club Dinah Beach Cruising Yacht Assn Darwin Trailer Boat Club Palmerston Game Fishing Club The Darwin Sailing Club AFANT ...
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Bunjani, Big Mertens Falls, Ngauwudu
These spectacular falls are on Wunambal Gaambera Country in the north Kimberley. They are located in argu (sandstone), walararr (spinifex) and yawal (waterhole) country. Mangarrmangarr (peregrine falcons) nest on the cliff edges of gorges. Milyani (waterlily) in the yawal are prized bush tucker collected by women.
There is impressive rock art from Wunambal Gaambera ancestors on the track a few hundred metres east of the falls. There is a Gwion battle scene and animal rock art at the yawal.
You can visit Bunjani and see Punamii Uunpuu Mitchell Falls nearby. Base yourself at Munurru; for more info, Visitor passes and camp fees.
Rachel Beadle Jazzlyn Phillips ...
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Outback Truckers filming at Ngauwudu
Was great to have Trucker, Steve Grahame from popular TV show Outback Truckers visit us at Kandiwal, Mitchell Plateau.
A Channel 7 production crewed joined Steve and filmed the delivery of the much needed power station after a lightning strike destroyed the power in the community.
The crew took a trip to Punamii Uunpuu (Mitchell Falls) and met up with Traditional Owner, Jazzlyn Phillips who took them on a rock art tour sharing our Wanjina Wunggurr culture.
This segment will air on 7Mate and 7Plus during Outback Truckers Season 13! Stay tuned for date and time!
Here are some photos from their time on the plateau.
Outback Truckers Jazzlyn Phillips Rachel Beadle Clayton Enoch Channel 7 7plus ...
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