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Choose between two powerful 90-minute, Aboriginal-led routes in Sydney. Whether you select Warrane at Circular Quay or Birra Birra at Barangaroo, both immersive journeys open with a traditional Welcome to Country and authentic smoking ceremony.
WARRANE: Customs House to the Royal Botanic Garden. Jagun (Country) by Kim Healey, the Barani / Barrabugu exhibition, Circular Quay and the Opera House steps. It ends at bara, Judy Watson's 6.4 metre marble sculpture, where your group photograph is taken.
BIRRA BIRRA: The public art of Barangaroo South, named artist by artist. Barangaroo herself, Jumaadi's Upside-Down Garden, eleven eagle rays stitched from recovered ghost net, Sabine Hornig's Shadows, shellwall by Esme Timbery and Jonathan Jones. It ends at Monuments for Fishes.
Built and curated by Mundanara Bayles, born and raised in Redfern, ten generations of connection. BlackCard is 100 per cent Aboriginal owned and Supply Nation certified.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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1
Warrane route: Your Aboriginal guide meets you at the front door of Customs House on Alfred Street to open the walk with a Welcome to Country and a traditional smoking ceremony. Inside, you'll see Jagun (Country) by artist Kim Healey and the free Barani / Barrabugu exhibition, telling the story of Aboriginal Sydney from before 1788 to today.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2
Warrane route. Jessie Street campaigned for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be counted in the census. That work carried into the 1967 referendum.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Circular Quay
Warrane route. Back through the Quay on Gadigal Country, where the ferries carry the names of Aboriginal warriors, Bennelong and Bungaree among them.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Sydney Harbour
Warrane route. The harbour the whole walk sits on, and the older story underneath it.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
The Rocks (Pass by)
Warrane route. Seen across the Quay.
Admission ticket free -
Sydney Opera House (Pass by)
Warrane route. Up the steps, on Bennelong Point, named for the Wangal man whose name the ferries also carry. Exterior visit, no entry.
Admission ticket free -
5Sydney Harbour Bridge
Warrane route. In frame from the Opera House steps and again behind the group photograph at bara.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Warrane route. bara, 2022, by Judy Watson. A 6.4 metre marble shell fish hook honouring the clans of the Eora Nation, in the form Gadigal women fished with for thousands of generations. Group photograph here.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Birra Birra route. Meet on the harbour front. Welcome to Gadigal Country and a smoking ceremony before the walk begins.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Birra Birra route. Gaawaa by Lucy Simpson, a Yuwaalaraay woman and founder of Gaawaa Miyay. Gaawaa means deep water.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Birra Birra route. The Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags flying together in the lobby, and what it means when a corporate precinct chooses to fly all three.
Admission ticket free -
7
Birra Birra route. Sixteen metres of carved timber tracing the shoreline from the pre-colonial foreshore, through the timber wharves of the 1800s, to the concrete container port. Daramu House means tree house in the local Aboriginal language.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8
Birra Birra route. Upside-Down Garden by Jumaadi. Eight suspended works in the through-site link on Mercantile Walk, unveiled December 2025.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Birra Birra route. Mermer Waiskeder by the Ghost Net Collective. Eleven eagle rays overhead, each 2.8 metres across, hand-stitched from ghost net over aluminium frames using 6.5 kilometres of fishing line.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Birra Birra route. Resilience by Dalmarri at the Woolworths Metro entrance. Dalmarri is a Supply Nation certified Aboriginal organisation founded by Trevor Eastwood and Jason Ridgeway.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Birra Birra route. Monuments for Fishes by Mikala Dwyer. Five kinetic monuments rising more than eighteen metres above the water, swaying with the harbour. Unveiled July 2026. They honour the coastal fisherwomen who worked this cove, Barangaroo among them.
Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The two routes depart from different places. Check which one you booked.
- Warrane meets at the front door of Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay, opposite Circular Quay station and the ferry wharves.
- Birra Birra meets at Watermans Cove, Barangaroo South, beside Monuments for Fishes.
- Arrive ten minutes early. The Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony start on time.
- Bookings close one hour before departure. You can book on the day.
- Parts of Birra Birra pass through the foyers of working buildings. Stay with your guide.
- All routes on both walks are wheelchair accessible.
- We are not currently able to support guests with a visual or hearing impairment.
- Children 6 to 16 pay the child rate. Under 6s are free and count towards the fifteen. Prams welcome.
- The smoking ceremony uses smoke from native plants. Tell us before departure if you have a respiratory condition.
- Wear comfortable shoes. Bring a hat, water and sun protection in summer.
- Maximum fifteen guests per departure.
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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