Mangarri Man
If Willie Wonka had a tree in his backyard it would have to be the chocolate pudding tree. When I read that you could grow chocolate pudding fruit in my part of the world, I took the plunge and plante...
Can you remember the excitement the first time you visited the lolly shop when you were a kid? I've had a similar experience of late but on repeat.
We've all heard that old saying "fail to plan, plan to fail!" and so it has been since day dot when working to the Circadian rhythm, hunting, gathering and surviving consumed 100 per cent of awake hou...
This weekend past I received a very pleasant surprise when an old friend dropped in bearing the gift of a wild grape seedling, reminding me of my first experience of this wild relative of the table gr...
I thought I'd get on the Christmas bandwagon and bring your attention to some mangarri plants that can be foraged in the lead up to and over the festive season.
One of my favourite things is to visit new places, everything is fresh and new, and your senses take everything in at a rate you couldn't sustain on a day-to-day basis.
Recently I was fortunate enough to accompany Dr Kit Prendergast and Hayley Riccardo from the DBCA down to Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park and Walyarta Conservation Park - making our base at Pardoo Stati...
Several years ago, I was approached at the Broome Courthouse markets by someone with a yellowish fruit about the size of a cumquat in their hand asking if I knew what it was and if it was edible.
For many people the name Wolfe Creek conjurs up images of horror and fear. Personally, I've never seen the movie or its sequel. Wolfe Creek for me is its numerous creek flats (south of Halls Creek on...
After one of the wettest wets in a century which caused extensive flooding resulting in the Great Northern Highway being cut at Willare and Fitzroy Crossing for months on end, the Kimberley region exp...
First love is the sweetest they say and so it was for me when I tasted my first mangarri from the Kimberley. My mate Robbie Wilson a Djaru/Gurindji/Gajerrong man from Wyndham and Halls Creek had given...
Figs (namely the domesticated fig Ficus carica, originating in the Middle East) have been in cultivation well before Greek and Roman times and it wasn't until just recently that I appreciated why.
Kia ora from Aotearoa, (greetings from the Land of the Long White Cloud) where I'm enjoying the hospitality of our Kiwi neighbours over the Christmas and New Year break.