Australian Traveller

How one holiday company is embracing the past to create a new shared future

“You need to take your time to listen, extend your hand and learn from that person.”
ADAM ZAMMIT,AAT KINGS

TO CREATE a lasting and meaningful connection, you must first start with the simplest of acts: listening.

It’s a lesson that Adam Zammit has learned first-hand living on the Country of the Anangu people. The AAT Kings Yulara operations manager coordinates tours around Central Australia’s most auspicious Aboriginal sites, including ULURU and KATA TJUTA (THE OLGAS).

“The listen part really, really resonates with me,” says Zammit. “The Aboriginal people in this part of the country have an

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