To hear segments from this week's program in streaming audio you'll need to download the RealAudio Player . Many tourists nowadays are lured by the powerful tourist icon of Aboriginal culture. Hear Wendy Carlisle talk to some overseas visitors from America and Europe about their perceptions and expectations of aboriginal culture. Ayers Rock vs Uluru Ayers Rock is one of Australia's most recognisable tourist icons, but to the local aborigines it holds spiritual significance and shouldn't be climbed. Aboriginal Souvenir Shop Souvenirs of aboriginal Australia are worth lots of money to the tourist industry.
Some souvenirs are authentic and some of the cheaper ones are only reproductions.
Colin Jones is a souvenir shop manager and talks about people getting ripped off when they are not buying the real thing. Willie Brim, Tjapukai Dance Centre Willie Brim works at Tjapukai Dance Centre near Cairns. He got involved in this tourism venture after being unemployed and sitting around in the 1970s. This radical change has helped revive his culture and resurrect his language. Hear him teaching some kids on a school excursion about aboriginal culture.