Someone left some Bunya nuts on the Mapleton Men's Shed seat today. The Bunya nuts come from the Bunya pine trees and were a staple in the aboriginal peoples diets in the past, and are still eaten and even the restaurants are finding a variety of ways to use them. I find them a bit dry and floury with not too much taste -some say they are like chestnuts. Traditionally every three years the trees would have a good crop so a huge festival was held a few kilometres away at Baroon Pocket (now a dam) and people would walk up to 500 kms to attend.
@briaan@pdulis@theredcamera@ludwigsdiana Thank you. The nuts are very heavy - about 10 kg - so Queenslanders quickly learn not to park their car under the trees in the Bunya nut season! I've also just found out that the trees don't fruit until they are 100 years old. There are quite a few trees in my local area, but the biggest stand of Bunya Pines is in the Bunya Mountains about and hour and a half drive away.
January 14th, 2022
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