Cultural bush tucker experience

Experience a cultural bush tucker journey with Palawa Kipli at Ben Lomond BASE.

Exact location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5PPXPq93P48Hugnn8

For the first time, Palawa Kipli will be visiting turapina (Ben Lomond), to host a unique introduction to Tasmanian Aboriginal food. Join Kitana (palawa woman) on a bush tucker journey hearing the stories of her old people and the palawa community today who use native ingredients for many different uses. Kitana will identify native edible and medicinal plants that make up an important part of her people's diet. 

Kitana will share her knowledge around the history, culture and future of Aboriginal food in Lutruwita / Tasmania in an intimate gathering at the foothills of turapina, Ben Lomond.

Here you’ll sit round a fire, smelling the bush tucker aromas brushed through the smoke, tasting Tasmanian Aboriginal food and feeling immersed in palawa culture.

Among other things, the fire-cooked menu will include: oysters with seaweed butter, scallops with warrigal greens, mutton bird with salt bush chips, wallaby skewers with a native honey glaze and a refreshing native infused soda.

Palawa Kipli (Tasmanian Aboriginal food) business, aim to contribute to cultural continuation and revival through community engagement with traditional food sources and cultural landscapes.

Ben Lomond National Park, only half an hour from Launceston.

After the meal you’re invited to drive deeper into the national park and explore the alpine plateaus, boulder fields and bush that make up Ben Lomond National Park. Enroute you’ll drive up the stunning Jacobs Ladder, one of the most famous roads in Australia.

We hope to see you there to experience Tasmania's only Aboriginal food business and cultural dining experience.