I am alway fascinated by people’s relationship with plants, their importance and their place in the native landscape, and yes I am a bit of an unashamed plant geek. The stories of plants and their place is so important; not just for people, but as they are the basis of so many species’ existence. By…
Category: Remote NT
Beauty and the Bush
At every time of the year our Top End landscapes hold treasures for the senses. At the moment there are some very common plants flowering prolifically and adding a splash of very different colours to the bush, also indicating the time in the year we are at (a mighty fine cool dry time) so can…
Top Ten of The Top End Bush Tuckers (plant based)
Just now it is an amazing time to be out and about in our native landscapes, which I have been doing over the last few weeks, with work and bushwalking. Our native plants are incredible and many are flowering after the last rains. Sadly I did not take my good camera walking, but nearer town…
Our red bush apple- which isn’t an apple at all
Syzygium suborbiculare or Red Bush Apple in English, Bemburrtyak In Malak Malak, Gorokkorokkin in Waigaman, Mindilima in Larrakia, Migemininy in Nauiya and Jaruk in Jawoyn and I am sure it has many more names… So this awesome coloured fruit is right now in our beautiful bush- to be more specific in open woodland, this fruit…
Bush Tucker (Super) smoothies
I recently wrote about the abundant Terminalia ferdinandiana, which is a wonderful commonly occurring tree in our Savanna woodland, that is fruiting right now. It is well known to contain really high amounts of vitamin C. The Conservation Land Management Students, studying with Yvette at Greening Australia had been collecting the seed to save and propagate…
A Taste of The Tiwi- part two
The Tiwi islands really are a beautiful place and our time with the rangers was fantastic. Amongst other projects we also visited another farm near Milakarpati, this community has a barge less often and so fresh food is not as regularly received The farm is owned by Tiwi enterprises and supplies food to the shop at…
A Taste of Tiwi
The Tiwi islands are just 80 km north of Darwin and in many ways a world away. The islands consist of 2 islands- Bathurst (smaller) and Melville (larger) and have and always will be owned and governed by the Tiwi people, the land is split into 8 areas that are run by 8 family groups….
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