Wheat
Hidden in the mulch, a mystery grain crop emerges. What could it be? Oats? Wheat? Something else?
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Indigenous welcoming ceremonies: fake or authentic?
Welcome to country and acknowledgement of country ceremonies are accepted by many as a means of reconciling Australian Aboriginal and European cultures by acknowledging the around 60,000 years of indigenous occupation of the land, however over recent years the validity of the ceremonies ave been called into question.
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By the falls
Memoir: An overnight trek when I was assistant instructor on a bush guiding course. Down. Down I go, ignoring the ‘track closed’ sign. I should catch them up just after they arrive, I estimate. Why the track was closed was anybody’s guess. I thought it might have collapsed as it is steep and narrow where […]
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The camper in Tasmania
Travellers are not tourists. They eschew the expensive and comfortable campsite for the rough camp in nature. So it was for the camper in the ute…
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Food, books and the Pacific
The Pacific Islands are noticeably missing from recipe and food books. Jennifer Brennan addressed that when she published her book, Tradewinds and Coconuts.
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