Far North Queensland: dry season in rainforest near Cooktown, similar to where Les grew up and started Bushtucker studies - Les used rainforest experience in Vietnam - Meg Waterfall, fast flowing river drops 1000m to coastline on horizon - abseiling - Tin mining ruins, edges of "Big Scrub", north of Townsville - lacked understanding - tried to grow bananas, chilli - local food, water, shelter - ginger pips - ginger roots as strong flavouring - but in general the looks of fruits etc can be deceptive - looking for something to add to stew - caution on rainforest stinging leaves - travels further north, out of rainforest near Cooktown, Black Mountains volcanic granite - caves and crevices - legends of convicts and lost tribe of locals - mud road to Cape York - excellent Land-Rover scene crossing Cape York creek - open savanah country, Iron Range a great undisturbed rainforest - makes natural shelter in cane frame and banana leaves - leaves a yabby trap in the creek a few hours - eels, turtle, fish, yabbies, water snakes, nocturnal animals - boils the billy and makes yabby stew with rice and ginger - candle nuts as high energy food and 'candles' - sets up candle nuts.
Title | Bush Tucker Man - Season 1 Episode 5 Rainforest |
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Year | 1996 |
Genre | Documentary |
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Studio | ABC TV |
Cast | Les Hiddins |
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First Air Date | Jul 31, 1988 |
Last Air date | Jan 28, 1996 |
Season | 3 Season |
Episode | 23 Episode |
Runtime | 60:14 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb: | 9.00/ 10 by 4.00 users |
Popularity | 0.749 |
Language | English |