The Didgeridoo Hut and Art Gallery — Attraction in Humpty Doo

Located at the intersection of Arnhem and Stuart Highways in Humpty Doo. We almost drove straight by the entrance drive, if it wasn’t for Google Maps. The entrance is an adjacent to a large asphalt car park for an Agricultural chemical business, which questions whether you’ve reached the right place or not. The gallery is up a small path, over an earth mound and through some trees, almost impossible to see from the road or car park.

The gallery itself is a collection of dongas and sea containers around an open courtyard. Worlds away from your upmarket galleries in Darwin. The unframed indigenous artworks are contained in cardboard portfolios and horizontal filing cabinets. The didgeridoos stacked up against the wall. A little scary to see everything stored with little respect to protecting them against the elements. The quality, design and authenticity of the artworks however is far better than most/all of the galleries we’d seen in Kakadu.

We were greeted by the most laidback bush territorian, who told us to have a look around and let him know if we were interested in anything. We ended up finding the perfect painting, and felt we didn’t end up paying some extravagant commission.

It was certainly worth our while making the stop at the Didgeridoo Hut and Art Gallery. It reflects the old adage don’t judge a book by its cover - you certainly find some gems here if you...

Very disappointed. Was hoping to see and hear more after 2 hrs of driving but it's just a small shack and there is very little information regarding the music, the instrument or the culture. The gentleman who was there just sat at one side and did his own things the whole time we were there without looking at us while we hunted for some information...

Oui la boutique n'est pas le plus beau magasin qu'on peut trouver, c'est aménagé dans des contenaires. Mais c'est ce qu'ils renferment qui est le plus important. Une grande quantité de peintures de plusieurs styles, sur différents supports et de différentes tailles, il y en a pour tout les goûts et toute les bourses. Il y a aussi un très beau choix de didheridoo. Le vendeur a eu la gentillesse de me proposer d'essayer un Didjeridoo sans savoir que je savais en jouer, ensuite il m'a même proposé de me faire plaisir en essayant un énorme modèle pas en vendre. Pour le français que je suis c'était une expérience incroyable que de jouer sur d'aussi beaux instruments fabriqués par des vrais aborigènes (et non pas des modèles en tek fabriqué en Indonésie comme on trouve le plus souvent en Europe). En conclusion je dirais qu'il ne faut pas venir ici pour visiter un beau magasin, mais pour voir du vrai artisanat, en plus il y a des fiches détaillées sur chaque artiste pour savoir exactement d'où vient ce que...