When Aunty Cherry's ancestral lands on Mbabaram country were returned through native title, she saw an opportunity to grow a brighter future.
Bush cherries foraged from the country around Aunty Cherry Turpin's bush camp.abc.net.au/news/bush-food-providing-economic-cultural-benefits-mbabaram-country/102161750On a rural block just off a remote road linking two tiny Far North Queensland towns sits Aunty Cherry Turpin's bush camp.
"I feel sad about that … but I think that's what they taught us … to come back to country and live the life they did; a healthy life." "They put their seeds straight back in the ground where they sat and ate and that's how the country's grown with all this food – that's the same idea as we want to do."There are irrigated experimental plots of native fruits, vegetables and herbs growing in greenhouses, and garden beds interspersed with caravans.There is also a camp kitchen and yarning circle, where family members come together for meals and a cuppa after a hard day's work.
"The conversations that happen and how stories are carried down through generations … it's a beautiful journey," she says.Cat Clarke says it's important to understand bush ingredients' cultural significance."We live in a modern world and there's no reason why we can't continue our culture while living in the modern world," he says.
"I'm out here to pick Uncle Gerry's brain and learn about the medicinal plants that we have [on] our own country here and the bush tucker we've got."
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