Bush Tucker: Australia's Wild Food Harvest

by Tim Low

Wild food foraging is certainly a fulfilling way to experience the Australian bush. By learning how to gather bush tucker, even in a token way, the forager comes to feel a special empathy for the bush, a sense that the forest is provident and friendly, that one is part of some whole. This surely is how Aborigines and other foragers saw their world. It may be something they can help us discover.

Genres: Nonfiction

233 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Tim Low is an Australian biologist and author of articles and books on nature and conservation.
For twenty years Low wrote a column in Nature Australia, Australia's leading nature magazine. He contributes to Australian Geographic and other magazines.

Low became very interested in reptiles as a teenager and discovered several new species of lizard. He named the chain-backed dtella (Gehyra catenata) and had the dwarf litter-skink (Menetia timlowi) named after him.

He works as an environmental consultant, writer and photographer, serves on government committees, and does public speaking. He has written many reports about climate change. He is the patron of Rainforest Rescue. Low lives in Brisbane.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Low)

Reviews

[Cheyenne Blue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found this in a box under the house, where I left it about 12 years ago. I've been dipping into since, and find it as informative as before. As I've moved regions in Australia since, I'm learning about the bush tucker in my region.

It's light on identification -- not good if you're staring at a bright red berry wondering if it will kill you -- but it's still an interesting read.