ANTHONY: Alright, everybody, get ready to holiday the Wiggly way!
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♪ Holiday the Wiggly way. ♪
Hi, everyone!
We're here at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
and we're about to do the Aboriginal Heritage Walk.
Yeah, and today we're gonna learn all about bush foods.
But before we do, we have to find our helpful, trusty guide, Lenka.
Come on, let's go.
Well, we are here with our wonderful guide, Lenka.
Let's all say, "Hi, Lenka!"
BOTH: Hi, Lenka!
Hi, everyone!
Hi, Evie. Hi, Simon.
Lenka, it is so good to see you, and thank you so much for having us here today.
Oh, welcome to the Royal Botanic Gardens!
Welcome to Narrm.
This is the Kulin name
for the part of Melbourne we're in.
Well, today we're gonna learn all about bush food.
Lenka, can you tell us - what's bush food?
Oh, I'd love to!
Bush food is what we call the food
that original owners of this land and across Australia
would find in the bush.
Wow, and so you can just come across any bush food at all
and just eat it, enjoy it and love it, love the bush food?
(GASPS)
I think you should always ask an elder
or a guide first.
So is there any bush food around here at all?
Simon!
Look behind you!
SIMON: Wow, look at all this bush food!
Now, Lenka, what is this called?
This bush food is called riberry.
SIMON: Riberries? Wow, they're beautiful.
They're a beautiful red colour.
They look kind of delicious to me.
Lenka, what do they taste like?
Would you like to try one?
EVIE: I'd love to.
Don't mind if I do!
Delicious!
Mmm! Mmm!
You could almost say...
BOTH: Yummy, yummy!
(LAUGHS)
I can't wait to learn about some more bush food. Let's go.
Oh, fantastic! Let's go.
See you soon.
Evie, can you see a plant
that looks like this?
Oh...
How about this one right here?
LENKA: A banksia plant.
SIMON: Banksia plant.
Hmm!
Yeah, this banksia flower
would be harvested,
but all the little kids would climb up the tree and...
..grab a whole heap
of the flower blossoms.
And they'd put them into a big bowl full of fresh, clean water
and they'd make a lovely syrupy nectar drink for you.
Ah, so this is a drink, it's not a food?
And I'm guessing, from what I'm assuming,
it's a very sweet drink - is that right?
It is! It's full of lovely nectar from the banksia blossom.
Wow, so this is the original sweet drink!
How amazing!
Well, you know, is there anything we can...eat...
(LAUGHS) ..with this original sweet drink, Lenka?
You're still hungry, Simon?
Well, maybe we should collect some grain
to make you some biscuits later.
Great.
Here is a spiny mat rush plant.
This plant has lots of seeds...
..to make some biscuit flour from.
But if you're hungry on the way home,
you can have a little nibble of this grass
from the lomandra.
Mmm!
Looks tasty. (LAUGHS)
Well, Lenka, we've had such a great time.
I can't wait for my sweet drink - the original -
and a nice biscuit.
See you later. Bye-bye.
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