Today I had my first encounter with a Bunya Pine in Bendigo Victoria. I was drawn to it by its majestic beauty and a couple of warning signs at the base of the tree! I just needed to find out more about its history, so thank you Landline and Leeton for sharing this story. Great history lesson.
i just did a food exchange with a lady in Sacramento, California, USA and she gave me a bunya cone. I feel blessed to have learned about the this tree and the history of it.
Some elders told me that the people took some nuts home with them, and at every night camp the women planted some nuts near the campfire. Now we have trees all the way to Evans Heads and all over the place
Very interesting so it's a prehistoric tree that every 3 years drops these pine cones look a like n inside em is a between a sweet potatoe n a normal potatoe . Yummy I cant wait to taste em
We got taught about bunya nuts and the cultural significance in school back in the 60s - but the unions run Education Queensland these days and schools are all about the teachers now, not children...
This should be part of Australian school curriculum. Bunya nuts, bush foods and the community our first nations had established before colonists came to "civilise" what they considered a primitive peoples. Nearly 40 years old, I'm re-educating myself on Australian history. It is a black history 🖤🧡❤ #alwayswasalwayswillbe
They were primitive though. And every person has ancestors that were colonised by another tribe, it's literally human history. Also the idea that one group of people owns some of the planet because they were there first is absurd.
I think it would be more understandable and easier to abide if you told why to leave Bunya Nut Tree nuts on the forest floor but available at the area cafe. By not creating a market for them, people would leave them where they lie but a market has been created making them of value, something to be coveted. To be reaped before others can see Bunya fruiting, in the Tambourine hills area
I agree. Classifying seeds with other plant parts that can't be removed from national parks is ridiculous. These days people understand we need more, not less of trees like bunya. A reasonable amount of seeds should be permitted to be removed for consumption and cultivation. I have other species of tree on my property that are on the CITIES red list, so I can't even collect and give them away, only plant them on my property nearby.
I am, right now camping in the Bunya Mts and it sure is an absolute prehistoric delight. The birds and wildlife are abundant and trail views and walks are just what a good Dr would order! Tell everyone (but keep it secret)🙏🏕🌿
