Dale Tilbrook Experiences, food and drink tasting, painting and walking tours teacher

Dale Tilbrook Experiences

Dale Tilbrook Experiences

location_on Caversham, Perth

local_activity classes and experiences: Food and Drink TastingPaintingWalking Tours

4.9 (20)

A Wardandi Bibbulmun woman whose traditional Aboriginal country is the Margaret River, Busselton area. Dale has been a Swan Valley local since 1998, when she opened the Maalinup Gallery with her brother Lyall, offering authentic Aboriginal art, gifts and souvenirs. The Experiences part of the business has steadily grown as customers seek more knowledge about Aboriginal culture and life.

Having spent many years gathering knowledge from her elders and other sources, Dale is often called on to talk about bush food, which she loves presenting and encouraging people to incorporate into their everyday cooking.

She is passionate about education and works extensively with students of all ages. “Educating the world about Australian native edibles is an important part of my cultural journey. Being part of the local tourism community gives context. I represent the Swan Valley region at every chance; travelling as far as Turin, Italy with the Swan Valley and Eastern Region Slow Food Convivium to Terra Madre to cook at Australia on a Plate for 100 people, and present a Bushtucker Masterclass which was a wonderful opportunity,” said Dale. I was also part of the Swan Valley contingent which launched the Swan Valley Trails in Singapore in 2019. My trail is "Bushtucker and Beyond".

Dale's previous background is in buying, merchandising and marketing in department store groups in the UK and Australia. She also has experience in accommodation, functions and catering.






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Courtney Makins Feb 2024


Great experience, learnt a lot of new knowledge, tried a wide variety of very interesting new foods. Venue was great and people were very welcoming.

Lois Baxter Feb 2024


Dale was lovely and very knowledgeable regarding her culture and the aboriginal art movement etc.
However I feel that maybe a demonstration of how to do this art would have been helpful, rather than here is your canvas and some paintings to draw inspiration from.
The venue was good, but very glad it wasn’t a stinking hot day or it would have been very uncomfortable.
Overall though, I did enjoy the class and learning about the symbols and what they represent. Thank you for sharing your culture with us

Sudha Boddu Feb 2024


A lovely afternoon spent with Dale and her team learning snippets about aborginal culture, origins of dot painting and also meanings of some of symbols used in art. Loved experimenting incorporating aborginal symbols into dot artand got to take home some lovely keepsakes - a memory of the time spent amidst rich culture. Thanks Dale.

Kim Samsa Nov 2023


Gail hosted a fantastic event. Her stories and knowledge were fantastic and much appreciated. Highly recommend to others.

Ivan Nazarov Aug 2023

2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews


Very educational and still use what we learnt there in our everyday cooking
Would highly recommend if you know little about Australian bush Tucker

Gillian Hills Apr 2023


Really loved learning about the bush foods. Dale was really informative about the land and culture.

Gillian Marshall Apr 2023


Our Bush Tucker Tasting and Wellbeing experience in the Swan Valley hosted by Dale was an outstanding experience. Dales wealth of knowledge was so informative and the variety of authentic West Australian and Australian bush tuckers was diverse and so enjoyable. Would highly recommend this Class Bento experience.

Gillian Marshall Apr 2023


My friend took me along today to Dale's Bush Tucker Tasting. What an amazing way to spend a couple of hours. Dale is so lovely and very knowledgable. I learned so much, not only about bushtucker but about our First Nations culture.

Thank you, Dale for a great day.
Terri Usher

David Mahar Jan 2023


Dale is so engaging when she speaks. The time flew and before we realised, it was time to leave.
Thank you so very much for sharing your time, knowledge and personality Dale.
We'll be back.

Susan Loughnan Nov 2022


Amazing afternoon immersing ourselves in indigenous culture. The team absolutely loved learning the crafts and being able to tell their story through artwork.

Painting class review by Susan Loughnan - Perth

Patricia McDonald Jun 2022


Had an amazing time Dale is incredibly knowledgeable and has such a finesse in describing each item. There were so many local to WA based bush foods to discover and learn about as well as Eastern states goodies to try

Bush Tucker Tasting and Wellbeing Experience review by Patricia McDonald - Perth

Annette Caszo Jun 2022


Excellent class, we had a lot of fun. Dale was informative and easy going. Great class

Lavania Lindsay Jan 2022

2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews


Always a welcoming atmosphere, amazing knowledge and passion for her culture.

I am loving loving loving Dales classes.

Lavania Lindsay Jan 2022

2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews


Dale is a wealth of knowledge and I really enjoyed her class.
Have booked two more she is amazing.

Alisha Jan 2022

4 ClassBento workshops attended • 4 reviews


I would have liked to have heard more about the stories behind our painting class of the indigenous people from the area.
Dale was wonderful but her young granddaughter took away alot of her being able to contribute more to students and class as a whole.

Simone Zammit Jan 2022


Lovely, informative, enjoyable afternoon. Thank you Dale for sharing your stories and teaching us your ways of painting.

Tara Lewer Jan 2022


Dale is a fantastic teacher. I really enjoyed learning the technique and love how my painting turned out. Highly recommend this class!

Aboriginal Art Class review by Tara Lewer - Perth

Jane Brodie Jan 2022


Dale is really welcoming and friendly. Gave a few tips on dot painting. I think for beginners, possibly could be a bit more checking on people at different tables to ensure people are on the right track. Her grand daughter was cute but a bit distracting like most children wanting lots of attention.
Bush food and stories of the wagyl and swan river really interesting. Probably need more than 1 1/2 hours for the class.

Painting class review by Jane Brodie - Perth

Sue Mews Jan 2022

3 ClassBento workshops attended


Very engaged teacher. Most enjoyable afternoon. Dale was great let everyone’s creativity flow . Thank you. Would definitely do more of her classes

Erica Gray Sep 2021


We really enjoyed our session with Dale - lots of delicious food and really interesting stories!

Food and Drink Tasting experience review by Erica Gray - Perth

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