There's so much to didgeridoo

Sydney is a very modern city but, of course, it is part of a history that extends back 65,000 years.

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There is a great deal of debate about what to call the people who were originally there before Europeans, including among those people themselves, but I'm going with indigenous on the grounds that it doesn’t seem to offend anyone.

And so I found myself on a Guided Tribal Warrior Cultural Cruise, a tour of Sydney harbour by boat.

“Here are the life jackets in case there’s an iceberg in the harbour” said the skipper (it was a boiling hot day and I told you the humour is laconic).

We sailed to Clark Island, once a sacred ground for some of the indigenous people and these days, while much of it is open to tourists, there are some bits you must stay away from.

We were shown around by a very personable indigenous brother and sister team - he played the didgeridoo to welcome us on to the island, and if you're a woman, here’s a heads up - didgeridon't touch it. Not culturally sound.