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Aboriginal Bushtucker and wine tasting tour

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Arrive at the cellar door at 2pm where you will be met by a local Darkinjung Elder who will welcome you with a spiritually cleansing smoking ceremony. A smoking ceremony is an Aboriginal custom that involves burning Australian native plants to produce smoke. This will be followed by a masterful didgeridoo display, a wondrous Aboriginal instrument crafted from nature which echoing sound that vibrates and vibrantly calls.

A discussion about Australian natives displayed in a handmade Aboriginal coolamon bowl. The plants displayed will vary depending what is seasonally available.

The afternoon will be finished with a discussion on winemaking by Firescreek’s own winemaker, who will guide you through tasting of their current vintages of wine made from fruit, flowers and other botanicals.

Times: 2pm – 3.30pm. Price: $115 per adult; $75 per child (3-17) Infants free of charge. Minimum 6 adults for tour to commence and 1 weeks notice required for booking. Bookings via https://firescreek.com.au/aboriginal-bush-tucker-and-wine-tasting-experience/ or phone (02) 4365 0768 for more information.

Firescreek Botanical Winery 192 Wattle Tree Road, Holgate NSW 2250 [email protected] | www.firescreek.com.au

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Ancient caves, rock engravings, native wildlife and oyster foraging. Experience it all during these immersive, First Nations guided walks in Australia.

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The Daintree Rainforest , about two hours north of Cairns, is – in a word – breathtaking. This World Heritage-listed site is home to the Kuku Yalanji people, to whom the rainforest is more than trees and vines; contained within its canopy are traditional medicines, delicious native foods and sacred stories. Join a full or half-day guided Ngadiku Dreamtime Walk to meander through this enchanting environment, learning about ancient traditions – from medicinal plant use to foraging techniques and ochre painting. The tour begins with a traditional smoking ceremony.

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The traditional custodians of the Dampier Peninsula, the Bardi (land) and Jawi (island) people, have been working with their natural environment for tens of thousands of years, using sustainable hunting techniques, fishing practices and bush ingredients for both food and medicinal purposes. Here, about two hours north of Broome , you can combine a cultural experience with world-class seafood. The Borrgoron Coast to Creek Tour at Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm will open your eyes to this unique Aboriginal culture that revolves around the land and sea. Join Bardi Jawi man Terry Hunter on a walk across the farm, where you’ll put your learnings to practice as you forage for fresh oysters.

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Even in the heart of Australian cities, you can experience the wonders of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens are home to stunning native plants and traditional bush foods – not to mention unparalleled views of the harbour. Embark on a one-hour Aboriginal Bush Tucker Tour to learn about native plants and bush foods used by the Traditional Custodians of Gadigal Land. Afterwards, you’ll be served traditional damper bread and tea – the perfect way to round off your urban First Nations experience.

There’s nothing quite like the sight of the National Arboretum’s immaculate landscape; a scene that encapsulates the connection between nature, culture and education in Canberra . Across 250 hectares sits over 44,000 endangered trees, an abundance of native Australian plants – commonly used in Indigenous cultures – innovative sculptures and forest walking trails galore. Join an experience with Ngala Tours to connect with the National Arboretum’s fascinating landscape. Listen to ancient stories of the forest, weave native plants into a piece of art, and gain a greater understanding of the benefits of bush ingredients for medicinal and culinary purposes.

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It has a unique flavour [bush tucker]

30 October 2023

Sarah Tierney takes a fresh look at Australia’s clever culinary wilderness, including devouring the coat of arms, some ingenious Indigenous bush remedies, and even a recipe for good old fashioned Beer Damper.

If you thought traditional Aussie cuisine meant Vegemite on toast followed by a lamington for dessert, it’s time you expanded your horizons. Have you tried kangaroo yet? How about crocodile and emu? Or fruits like Kakadu plums, rosellas, riberries and the humble quandong, to name but a few? Bush tucker of this kind is becoming more famous and widespread, thanks to a spate of health studies that have revealed that native Australian meat, especially emu and roo, are lower in fat and higher in iron than other conventional meats. The fruits are also known to be healthier, with the Kakadu plum thought to be the world’s highest source of Vitamin C.

Most of what European settlers believed to be inedible is now considered very much the norm on the menus of top restaurants around the country. But of course the best place to experience real bush tucker is in the outback, where kangaroo is as common as beef and our original hunter-gatherers – the Australian Aboriginals – knew all the secret water spots and foods of the land.

Going walkabout for tucker

One of the most authentic spots in Australia for kick-starting your knowledge of bush tucker is in South Australia’s Northern Flinders Ranges, along the road to the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary , at Iga Warta. This Indigenous-run Coulthard family business features a whole swag of cultural tours, one of which is Yata Nukuntha – a bush tucker and medicine tour detailing Dreamtime stories of the local tribes along the way. The three-hour trek brings visitors in touch with just some of the more than 600 types of edible plants, seeds and nuts in what Adnyamathanha tour guide Sharpy Coulthard refers to as his outback “supermarket”. Interestingly, it’s from this region, and from the local Adnyamathanha language, that the word “witchetty grub” derives (wityu = hooked stick, vartu = grub) . . . so if you’re brave enough, ask Sharpy to dig one up for you. They taste like egg when cooked, like almonds when raw, and are a massive source of protein.

Next it’s out from the bushes and into the barrooms, with this iconic bush tucker location tucked away on the northwestern fringe of Flinders Ranges National Park, in the tiny town of Parachilna. It’d be a blink-and-you-miss-it kind of town if it weren’t for the famous Prairie Hotel and its Feral Mixed Grill of roo, wallaby, camel and goat for the hungry. Of course there’s other modern-Aussie food served here, but none is as popular as the Grill. Then there’s the Copley Bush Bakery and Quandong Café, about an hour north of Parachilna, which caters to the sweet tooth with its popular quandong pies and desserts, along with native-style cafe food. And let’s not forget Darwin’s Roadkill Café, a LOT further north, which serves up freshly cooked meat daily. Don’t worry; it’s not actual tire-marked, flattened road kill, but safely prepared possum, roo, croc and other game meat.

National pride, national diet

Interestingly, the native animals on Australia’s Coat of Arms – the emu and the red kangaroo – are peculiar in that they can’t walk backwards (presumably representing the thrusting, forward-looking progress of our young nation) and are the only living national emblems in the world that are regularly consumed by their subjects (ie, us). Of course most restaurants and hotels in the outback will have roo and emu and other native foods on the menu – but when you live in the outback, why wouldn’t you? Just make sure you don’t go traipsing around picking any old berry or leaf to eat, or else you’ll find yourself in dire need of some native medicine. Which brings us to . .

Native plants aren’t just for eating; they have some pretty potent medicinal uses too. Some that treat the more common health issues include the leaves of the rock fuchsia bush, which can be made into a drink for headaches, or you can mash the stems of a snakevine and wind it around your head. Looks ridiculous, but apparently works. Colds can be combated with native lemon grass or by crushing tea tree leaves to help clear the nose. Tree orchid bulb sap can be dabbed onto cuts for quick healing, or you can apply crushed billygoat weed to the wound. And if you’re ever in the outback and get whacked with a bout of toothache, plug the tooth with the shredded wood of the green plum tree, or pop some quinine berry fruits into your mouth.

But perhaps the ultimate repository for Australian bush medicines can be found at Dilthan Yolngunha – The Healing Place – a kind of Indigenous bush hospital set up by the Yothu Yindi Foundation at Gulkula, 30mins outside Nhulunbuy on Arnhem Land’s Gove Peninsula (www.healingplace.com.au). All manner of traditional treatments, ointments, liniments and methods are used here, some you’ll not believe until you’ve seen them – like the antiseptic use, for example, of liquid drained from the digestive canal of a bush cockroach.

A classic recipe

Finally, we thought we’d end our wander through Australia’s culinary wilderness with an absolute staple for your next walkabout adventure: it’s a Damper (with a beery twist), and it should be an integral part of everyone’s outback camping skills. Drovers used it, Aboriginals used it, and these days it’s an institution at school camps. And with beer, the damper is lighter and fluffier than normal. Take four cups of self-raising flour, one stubby of beer, a pinch of salt and mix everything together until it forms a dough. Shape the dough into a ball and place it on a rack over the fire (or in the oven) and cook until golden brown and hollow when tapped.

You can’t really call yourself a modern Australian until you’ve cooked your first damper. And if you think you’ve got a better version of this recipe, or even another idea or inspiration for your own bush remedies or outback tucker, send them in to [email protected] . . . and happy outback eating!

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Take a glimpse into some of the Central Coast's wonderful farm gates this June Long Weekend.  Support and explore local rural farming communities, taking behind the scenes tours and enjoying plenty of hands-on experiences with family friendly activities to keep you engaged and busy.

Be sure to see our Foodie Wonderland   schedule too for all your Harvest Festival food and drink events. 

When: Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 June 2023, across the Central Coast's Hinterland

Photo opportunity: Capture the colour of sunflowers, the smiles on faces while petting animals and joy the Harvest Festival brings.

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*This itinerary is intended as an inspirational guide only. We encourage you to check ahead of your visit that individual businesses are open, or book in advance to ensure the best experience.

The Itinerary

The Central Coast is home to many farms and orchards offering a variety of fresh produce and farm gate experiences. During Harvest Festival, take the opportunity to experience life on a working farm and enjoy the adventures that awaits. From wandering through sunflower fields to encountering horses, critters and platypus then tucking into bush food before dancing away the evening with a traditional bush band. Our schedule will help you plan the perfect family fun day out. 

Insect encounter

Insect loving kids and big kids will enjoy the Ento Park Insect Farm! Take a tour of the unique insect farming facility where you can engage in a hands on experience with reptiles and interact with animals in the petting zoo. Take part in a gardening tour and learn about bush tucker when you participate in the community gardening workshops. Booking essential.

Community craft

Enjoy a coffee and sausage sizzle at Somersby public school. The kids can play and be kept entertained with art and craft activities, gardening demonstrations and plenty of games. Come and relax with the Central Coast Community. 

Bush tucker tour

Take a bush tucker tour and learn how the first Australians got everything they needed from the bush. This fascinating tour will make you realise how much the Australian land provides for us. Your ticket also includes entry to the Walk About Park where you can enjoy strolling around the park seeing what native animals you can find! 

Pick your own sunflowers

Pick your own sunflowers and enjoy making them into a beautiful bouquet afterwards. Toast marshmallows in the fire pit and enjoy a coffee from the onsite coffee cart while the kids have their faces painted. Feel free to bring a rug and picnic lunch to take in the sea of sunflowers.

Field Day at Westy's Place has activities for everyone to enjoy! Have fun picking your own macadamia nuts and eating what you've picked. The kids will love the jumping castle and face painting stand. Food trucks will be ready to serve you delicious food and there will also be rural irrigation, pumps ad filtration presentations.

Horses, honey and hope

A family friendly day at the farm with educational and engaging activities for everyone. Encounter unique experiences with a herd of therapy horses or suit up for a Bee Tour.  Enjoy live music, browse the market stalls, feast on a BBQ and sip great coffee or BYO picnic and set up a rug in the orchard.  Bookings required for horse activities and beehive tours.

Platypus day

Celebrate the amazing platypus that inhabit the local rivers around the Central Coast. Learn all about their habitat, what they eat and how to protect them. Walk down to Wyong River for the chance to see a wild platypus. Catch waterbugs, test the water quality and listen to talks from experts. Join a birdwatching walk and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Woodbury Inn Park.

Get your dancing shoes on!

Bring the family down to Yarramalong School of Arts Hall to enjoy an evening of bush dancing!  The Waterbombers bush band will be playing live music from 6pm.  Sausage sizzle included in the ticket. Wine, beer, soft drinks, tea and coffee available to purchase.

Where we are

Continue the harvest festival trail with plenty more experiences that are sure to create memories for years to come. Perhaps you would like to start your day with breakfast with alpacas or maybe archery practise is something you've always wanted to try? Stop by the farms to feed and pet the adorable farm animals and learn about organic farming processes. Just don't forget to make time to fill your bags with pick your own oranges and pecan nuts! 

Breakfast with the alpacas

Come and experience breakfast with alpacas at 8:30am at Iris Lodge Alpacas! Get up close and personal with the farm's resident alpacas, llamas, sheep and cows. Meet and greet alpacas and even get to feed them! Enjoy the beautiful setting on this eco certified farm. Booking for breakfast essential. 

Archery lessons

Join the Tuggerah Lakes Field Archers for a lesson of archery. Learn the basics from experienced archers and get to shoot your very own arrow!  Don't miss this fun activity that the kids six ae sure to love! Bookings essential.  

Artisans on acres

Jilliby Public School is hosting ‘Artisans on Acres’ where you can enjoy a variety of art and craft workshops and demonstrations. From metal forging to weaving, paintings to pottery, there is something for everyone! Enjoy a delicious lunch or a cream tea, while the kids play and eat ice cream!  

Pick your own family farm experience

The kids will love feeding and patting the babydoll sheep, dairy goats, cows, chickens, and other farm animals at The Giving Farm.  Afterwards why not pick some seasonal organic flowers or veggies too!  The farm tours will run at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm.

Self guided working farm tour

Take a self-guided trail around this small family farm exploring the pick-your-own flower fields, feeding the babydoll sheep and visiting the honey extraction and bottling rooms. The kids will love the fun treasure hunt! The farm stall will be open with honey, meats and flowers for sale.

Meet the animals

At Mollies Farm the whole family can get up close and personal with friendly goats, alpacas, cows, rabbits, border collies, ducks and chickens. Enjoy the serenity of the farm setting while the kids participate in a guided painting workshop.

Day on the farm

East Coast Beverages will be alive with market and food stalls and there is even face painting for the kids too!   Book your tickets to access a behind-the-scenes look at how the fruit juices are made. There will be farm and fruit picking tours available for purchase on the day! You get a produce bag with every ticket, so you can stuff it full with as many oranges as you can carry!

Come and experience what real farm life is like at Grace Springs Farm. Pat the cow, cuddle a chook, collect the eggs and see the pigs being fed. The informative and interactive 90 min tour of a chemical free and regenerative farm is suitable for all ages. Fresh grown produce available to purchase from the farm stall. Bookings essential.

Pick your own pecans

A Harvest Festival favourite! Pick your own Pecans at Artisan Estate amongst 400 beautiful pecan trees. Watch tree shaking and agricultural demonstrations which are on throughout the weekend. This is a fun filled family event that can't be missed. 

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What Tucker Carlson Saw in Moscow

He never quite says what precisely he thinks Russia gets right.

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Tucker Carlson went to Moscow last week and had an absolute blast. He rode the subway and marveled at its clean cars, the fancy tilework in Kievskaya Station, and the lack of booze-drenched hobos. He went to a grocery store and was astonished by what ordinary people could apparently buy. He even managed to meet a local history buff and sit down for tea and conversation. Carlson, who had never previously visited Moscow, declared himself “radicalized” against America’s leaders by the experience. He didn’t want to live in Moscow, but he did want to know why we in America have to put up with street crime and crappy food when the supposedly bankrupt Russia provided such a nice life for its people, or at least those people not named Alexei Navalny .

My former Atlantic colleague Ralph Waldo Emerson called travel a “fool’s paradise,” but not all forms of foolishness are equal. Many commentators have guffawed at Carlson’s Russophilia and pointed out that Russia’s murder rate is roughly that of the United States, and that its citizens are dirt poor, about a fifth as wealthy per capita as the citizens of the United States overall. “I don’t care what some flagship supermarket in an imperial city looks like,” The Dispatch ’s Jonah Goldberg tweeted. “Russia is far, far poorer than our poorest state, Mississippi.” Bloomberg ’s Joe Weisenthal suggested that Carlson instead visit the grocery stores of the “10th or 50th” richest Russian cities, and see how they compare with America’s.

In 2019, I visited several large and small Russian cities, and I went grocery shopping at least once in each. Would you believe that Tucker Carlson is on to something? In Moscow (the largest) and St. Petersburg (No. 2), the flagship supermarkets are indeed spectacular. The Azbuka Vkusa branch next to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow is more luxurious than any grocery store within 100 miles of Washington, D.C. Other branches in Moscow vary in quality, and they are usually smaller than American supermarkets. But to some extent that’s just a matter of culture: The U.S. has fewer supermarkets, but each one is big enough to feed the 82nd Airborne Division for a month; in Europe, supermarkets are more numerous but tiny.

Anne Applebaum: The false romance of Russia

Makhachkala (22), the capital of Dagestan, followed a similar pattern to Moscow. One supermarket downtown was amazing, the equal of an upscale supermarket in Washington or Dallas. On the outskirts the quality varied, but not drastically. Local residents were not eating soups made from grass clippings. In Murmansk (71), the cramped bodega near my rented flat had a good wine selection and enough fresh staple foods to prepare a different meal your mom would approve of every day of the week. Only in Derbent (134) did I start to wonder whether the bad old days of the Soviet Union were still in effect. But even that would be an exaggeration. In Derbent, for $15, you could get champagne and caviar with blini and velvety sour cream. If you want to flash back to Cold War communism, go to Havana. There the grocery stores stock only dust and mildew.

With apologies to Emerson, travel can disabuse you of foolish notions just as often as it plants them in your head. An idea ripe for dispelling among Americans at this particular moment is that life in Russia must suck because the frigid depression of the Cold War never ended. In those days ordinary citizens were spied upon and tortured and killed, and the shops were empty, save for substandard goods at prices few could afford. Now Russia is different. The state repression is much more limited, though no less brutal toward those who attract its attention. Until the Ukraine war added a huge category of forbidden topics, the main ones that you could get locked up for discussing were war in the Caucasus and the personal life and finances of President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle. Most other topics were broachable, and you could whine all you liked about them.

Equally in need of updating are American expectations about Russian economic misery. Those whose visits to Russia stopped 20 years ago tend to have outdated views of the best the country has to offer. My visits started 24 years ago. Back then, I spent days at a time on the Trans-Siberian, crammed into railway cabins with little to do but talk with Russians and see how they lived. Life was not beautiful. The men busied themselves with crosswords and sullenly browsed pornography. When not in motion, I stayed with Russian friends in single-room flats that looked straight out of a New York tenement building 100 years ago. No one I met was starving, but women sometimes approached me in train stations hoping to rent out their homes or bodies, or to sell me family heirlooms. That type of desperation seems to have subsided, although I would be shocked if any of those people are able to buy the jamón ibérico at the Smolenskaya branch of Azbuka Vkusa yet. On the roads between the big cities, there are still villages so ramshackle that they look like sets from The Little Rascals . Evidence suggests that the Russian military’s frontline troops tend to come from these depressed and benighted lands, the places that really are stuck in the 20th century.

Certain aspects of life remain dismal even in the cities. My flat in Murmansk had surly drunks tottering outside its entrance, and its stairwell smelled like every cat, dog, and human resident had marked its territory there regularly since the Brezhnev era. But the playgrounds were decent, and you could get a delicious smoked-reindeer pizza at a cozy restaurant for $7. Remember, this is in a small, depressed Russian city—not somewhere stocked with goodies just in case an American wanders out of the lobby of the Radisson and needs to be impressed. The “useful idiots” of yesteryear were treated to fake Moscows, which evanesced as soon as the next Aeroflot flights took off. The luxuries of Moscow that Carlson sees, and that I saw, are not evanescent, and they are not (as they are in North Korea, say) a curated experience available only to those on controlled visits.

The stubborn belief that all good things in Russia must be illusory can in turn warp one’s analysis of the country, and in particular of Putin’s durability in power. After all, why would anyone remain loyal to an autocrat who delivered only hunger, penury, and the reek of cat piss? Putin rules by fear but not only by fear. Most Russians will tell you that Russia today is better than it was before Putin. They compare it not with the Soviet era but with the anarchy and decline of the 1990s. Life expectancy has risen, public parks are better maintained, and certain fruits of capitalism can be tasted by Russians of all classes. Who would risk these gains? Like every autocrat, Putin has ensured that his downfall just might destroy every good thing Russia has experienced in the past two decades. This risk is, from the perspective of regime continuity, a positive feature, because it keeps all but the most principled and brave opposition quiet, and content to shut up and enjoy their cheap caviar. Those like Navalny who object do not object for long.

Carlson’s videos never quite say what precisely he thinks Russia gets right. Moscow is in many ways superior to New York. But Paris has a good subway system too. Japan and Thailand have fine grocery stores, and I wonder, when I enter them, why entering my neighborhood Stop & Shop in America is such a depressing experience by comparison. Carlson’s stated preference for Putin’s leadership over Joe Biden’s suggests that the affection is not for fine food or working public transit but for firm autocratic rule—which, as French, Thais, and Japanese will attest, is not a precondition for high-quality goods and services. And in an authoritarian state, those goods and services can serve to prolong the regime.

I confess I still enjoy watching Carlson post videos of Moscow, wide-eyed and credulous as he slowly learns to love a country that I love too. I hope he posts more of them. One goes through stages of love for Russia, often starting with the literature and music, then moving to its dark humor and the personalities of its people, which are always cycling between thaw and frost. Inevitably one reflects on the irony that this civilization, whose achievement is almost without equal in some respects, is utterly cursed in others—consigned to literally centuries of misgovernment, incompetence, and tyranny. The final stage is realizing that the greatness of Russia is part of the curse, a heightening of the irony, as if no matter how much goes right, something is deeply wrong. Maybe when things go right, the more deeply wrong it is. Carlson seems to still be in one of the early stages of this journey.

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Moscow: City Sightseeing by Car/Bus

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Visiting a new city is akin to going on a first date, it is something you will never forget. Many people imagine Moscow as just a bunch of sporadic landmarks: Red Square, the Kremlin, Lenin’s Mausoleum and GUM. There is so much more to this wonderful city than that and even though we only have a few hours, we will do all we can to show you everything we know and love about our capital in one fell swoop. We will take you on a journey through the ages, from centuries ago, right up to the modern day, soaking in the sights of this vast and bustling metropolis. Bright, luxurious and both ancient and modern at the same time, Moscow invites you on a date you’ll never forget!

On our sightseeing bus tour of the city, you will see:

• The wonderfully historic city centre and its unique museums, magnificent cathedrals, the exquisite Chambers of the Romanov Boyars and of course, the famous towering red brick walls of the Kremlin, The charming beauty of the Alexander Garden awaits the capital's guests - a lush green oasis in the midst of the glass and concrete clad metropolis, basking in the etherial aura emanating from the whitewashed stone walls of the restored Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the world- renowned fairytale onion domes of St. Basil's Cathedral and other impressive monumental buildings such as the library built in Lenin's honour - the Russian State Library - and the State Duma.
• The Lubyanka KGB headquarters is notorious to members of older generations and although nowadays, the face of the secret police has changed dramatically, the looming enigmatic building on the waterfront maintains its aura of mystery, shrouded in a variety of murky rumours and dark myths. Then, there’s another of Moscow's main attractions - the marvellous Bolshoi Theatre, yew simply cant leave Moscow without taking in its breathtaking architecture. Engrained in the fabric of Russia's cultural heritage, virtuoso performers such as prima ballerina Galina Ulanova, opera singer Feodor Chaliapin and pianist, composer and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff once stood centre stage of this vaunted institution.
• The memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill was constructed in the glory and honour of our heroes who defended our nation in the many crucial battles of the Great Patriotic War (WWII). This is a place that embodies a particularly acute and inextricable link between older ancf younger generations. Moving on to the Moscow International Business Centre, not dubbed ‘Moscow City' for nothing, a true glimpse of the future in the present. This incredible, rather jaw-dropping project in the capital has shown that Moscow has come to accept the age of the skyscraper. Finally, the stunning views from the observation deck at Sparrow Hills will leave professional and amateur photographers alike itching to capture them. How could one resist?

The most beautiful of all the world's cities - lady Moscow invites you out on a date!

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St. Basil's Cathedral

House on the Embankment

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

Vorobyovy Hills

Poklonnaya Hill Poklonnaya Gora

Moscow-City

Alexander garden

Russian State Library

Bolshoi Theatre

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Bush tucker tour of hearson cove, pilbara, western australia.

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Enjoy a trip out on country with a Traditional Owner of the region for a Bush Tucker Tour of Hearson Cove on the Burrup Peninsula in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Australian landscape is full of edible fruits, roots, nuts, seeds and leaves and Aboriginal people have gathered, harvested and hunted this bush tucker for thousands of years. On the tour will experience coastal foraging, learn what is good to eat and where to find it and then taste native bush tucker such as berries and bush potatoes. If you’re lucky you’ll catch a mud crab! You will also hear traditional stories and learn about the local Aboriginal culture and history.

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Traditional hunting grounds at Hearson's Cove near Karratha.

What to expect

On this Bush Tucker Tour you’ll explore Hearsons Cove on the Burrup Peninsula. Hearson Cove, known as Murujuga by the area's Traditional Custodians, is a small sandy cove with steep rugged hills to the south and west and an outlook across Nichol Bay.

Clinton Walker is a descendant of the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people, who are the Traditional Owners of the coastal and inland areas of the West Pilbara region. Clinton started Ngurrangga Tours to educate and immerse people in the ways of his culture and history so that they could understand more about Pilbara Aboriginal culture and country.

Clinton will take you coastal foraging in the traditional hunting grounds at Hearsons Cove. Learn all about native bush tucker such as berries and potatoes. If you’re lucky, you’ll catch a mud crab! You must be willing to get your hands and feet dirty on this tour as you will be walking through mud, spinifex and scrub.

Tour Highlights:

• Bush Tucker
• Traditional Welcome to Country
• Traditional Stories
• Coastal Foraging

What is included

This is a four-hour tour running from 2.00pm – 6.00pm (Times and location subject to seasonal changes

Inclusions:

• Afternoon tea

Meeting point

Hearson's Cove, Burrup Western Australia. Please meet at the first BBQ area on your right. *You will need to provide your own transport to Hearson's Cove.

What to bring

What to bring:

• Closed in shoes suitable to wear on the mudflats

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Ngurrangga Tours

Ngurrangga Tours allows you to experience the Pilbara through the eyes of a traditional owner. You will see some of the most beautiful landscapes and hear the stories of this region.

Ngurrangga Tours is a fully Aboriginal owned and operated tourism company delivering tours to the coastal and inland areas within the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi traditional country.

Clinton Walker started Ngurrangga Tours to educate and immerse people in the ways of his culture and history so that they could understand more about Pilbara Aboriginal culture and country.

Clinton is a descendant of the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people, who are the Traditional Owners of the coastal and inland areas of the West Pilbara region encompassing areas such as the City of Karratha, Dampier Archipelago, Murujuga National Park and Millstream-Chichester National Park. Clinton has spent his entire life learning from his Elder’s and family about the traditional ways of his people including speaking Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi languages, he has also been initiated in his people’s Aboriginal Law Ceremony (Birdarra) and is an active member in his cultural responsibilities of looking after his ngurra (country).

Clinton is passionate about raising the profile of the Burrup Peninsula located in Murujuga National Park. It is one of Australia’s most significant heritage sites and an important cultural place for Aboriginal people. The Burrup Peninsula is on the National Heritage register and is home to up to a million Aboriginal rock carvings, some dating back 40,000 years. Despite this, it is relatively unknown worldwide and even in Australia.

Ngurrangga Tours mostly operates from Karratha and offers visitors a unique experience of the Pilbara through the eyes of a traditional owner.

Guests are given the opportunity to learn about bush foods and medicines, explore stunning locations, view and understand ancient rock art in the world’s largest outdoor rock art gallery, hear traditional stories and listen to traditional songs sung using the wirra (boomerang).

Language Groups: Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi Skin Group: Burungu

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