The KaiKai Book

Sean Lynch in the Daintree. Brandon Walker of Kuku Yalanji Cultural Habitat Tours follows the traditions of his ancestors and educates visitors about their country in order to ensure the survival of the Kuku Yalanji culture. Our roving reporter, Sean Lynch, visits Cooya beach in Far North Queensland where Brandon teaches him some traditional hunting techniques and shares his extensive knowledge of this special area.

Mangroves are a valuable source of food for aboriginal people. Here, people from Maningrida in Arnhem Land gather a variety of foods in the mangrove forests which grow in the intertidal regions of the coast and tidal creeks. Foods found in the mangroves nclude mud crabs, mangrove worms,and a variety of shellfish. Middens are mounds of shells where Aboriginal people over centuries have cooked and eaten their catch. These scenes were filmed by Stella Smith in 1998. Edited by Bill Day in 2013 from VHS tape.

Stan Kalkeeyorta from Aurukun in Far North Queensland explains bush foods in the Wik Mungkan language with English sub-titles.

Aboriginal Chef Mark Olive discusses his use of Aboriginal bushfoods in his cooking