Voices From The North
Hear the latest from the team at Faraway Bay where guests experience the remarkable beauty, isolation, history, and natural and cultural significance of this remote slice of outback Australia.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Camp Oven Bush Tucker Event
We recently had English journalist Fiona Dunlop stay with us for a new event – Camp Oven Bush Tucker.
Fiona and the other guests went on guided walks in search of bush foods and then we prepared them back at camp.
We used all sorts of ingredients including native lemon grass, bush passionfruit, rock figs and boabs.
The kangaroo stir fry was really popular, and so was the sticky date pudding with rock figs.
The guests caught a mangrove jack on a fishing trip which I wrapped in paper bark and cooked on the camp oven – really tender!
Fiona is writing a story about Faraway Bay for UK magazine Harpers and Queen so we’re looking forward to reading all about our bush tucker.
Steve McIntosh
Fiona and the other guests went on guided walks in search of bush foods and then we prepared them back at camp.
We used all sorts of ingredients including native lemon grass, bush passionfruit, rock figs and boabs.
The kangaroo stir fry was really popular, and so was the sticky date pudding with rock figs.
The guests caught a mangrove jack on a fishing trip which I wrapped in paper bark and cooked on the camp oven – really tender!
Fiona is writing a story about Faraway Bay for UK magazine Harpers and Queen so we’re looking forward to reading all about our bush tucker.
Steve McIntosh
Labels: Australian bush tucker, Australian cuisine, Australian food, faraway bay, Fiona Dunlop, Harpers and Queen
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Rare Birds
It’s turning out to be a great season to see rare birds.
Bruce and one of our guests saw a pair of chestnut rails in the mangroves recently, and just the other day I spotted two red-backed king fishers.
I’ve never seen this bird before – they’re normally only on the east coast.
There was a pair of them by the billabong.
It’s very rare to see a red-backed king fisher in the Kimberley.
Steve McIntosh
Bruce and one of our guests saw a pair of chestnut rails in the mangroves recently, and just the other day I spotted two red-backed king fishers.
I’ve never seen this bird before – they’re normally only on the east coast.
There was a pair of them by the billabong.
It’s very rare to see a red-backed king fisher in the Kimberley.
Steve McIntosh
Labels: Australia, chestnut rails, faraway bay, Kimberley bird watching, king fishers
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Something’s Fishy
We’ve found two rare species of fish and a rare crustacean near Faraway Bay – the Exquisite Rainbowfish, the false-spotted Gudgeon and an isopod.
We sent off samples to the University of WA’s School of Animal Biology and they’ve confirmed the species. The fish are also known by their Latin names of Melanotaenia exquisite and Mogurnda Oligolepis (bit of a mouthful!).
The isopod is a bit like a small prawn.
The Gudgeon is only found in the Kimberley, and only usually between the Berkeley and the Fitzroy Rivers
The Rainbowfish has only been recorded in the King George River in WA, as well as in parts of the Katherine, Edith, Mary, South Aligator and Fergusson Rivers in the Northern Territory.
We found both kinds of fish in the Gumboot Bay Creek.
Steve McIntosh
We sent off samples to the University of WA’s School of Animal Biology and they’ve confirmed the species. The fish are also known by their Latin names of Melanotaenia exquisite and Mogurnda Oligolepis (bit of a mouthful!).
The isopod is a bit like a small prawn.
The Gudgeon is only found in the Kimberley, and only usually between the Berkeley and the Fitzroy Rivers
The Rainbowfish has only been recorded in the King George River in WA, as well as in parts of the Katherine, Edith, Mary, South Aligator and Fergusson Rivers in the Northern Territory.
We found both kinds of fish in the Gumboot Bay Creek.
Steve McIntosh
Labels: faraway bay, fishing, Kimberley, Kimberley fishing