Animal Tracks Tour in Kakadu

We did a one day tour with a ranger and an Aboriginal Guide. We learnt all sorts of new things and had go at finding bush foods, including turtles, mussels and chestnuts.

Here's me having a go at finding mussels with my digging stick in the mud.

Here's Nic with some bark from the Paper Bark tree that the Aboriginal people used for all sorts of things i.e. mattress, bowls, cooking and for carrying babies in.

This is Patsy with a basket that she just knocked up in seconds.

These are green ants that we ate - they taste like lemons and are good for colds.

We had food cooked in the fire and this is Nic with a plucked magpie goose that we later ate.

Here am I with the other ladies making string from palm leaves. I think I need some more practice!

More amazing sunsets.

On the way back to the camp site we saw some spectacular bush fires. They burn a lot at the end of the dry season.

Another great day.