Borrgoron Coast to Creek Tours

Join fourth-generation pearler and proud Bardi man, Terry Hunter, as he shares with you his stories, his country and his culture. Tours are based out of Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm on the tip of the Dampier Peninsula two hours north of Broome. Terry's great-grandfather, James Hunter was a diver and skipper for founder Dean Brown. As a Bardi man, Terry’s ancestral connection to this country goes much deeper and dates back more than 40,000 years. The Bardi (land) and Jawi (island) people of the Dampier Peninsula retain a strong relationship with their land and sea, encompassing an in-depth cultural knowledge of bush food, medicine plants and traditional hunting and fishing practices. For the Bardi and Jawi people, pearl shell holds a special connection to the land and the sea. Remnants of pearl shells from this part of Australia have been found in distant regions like western Queensland and coastal South Australia and are known to have been traded from tribe to tribe for ochre, spearheads and boomerangs for at least 22,000 years, making it one of the earliest forms of currency. Borrgoron is the Bardi name for Cygnet Bay and the place Terry and his ancestors have called home for many generations.