Coolabah Tree Didgeridoo collecting...

Far, far away, where the land is so dry and hot and bleak, the only thing to eat is the wood inside of COOLABAH trees... 

And the only things that can eat the inside of COOLABAH trees are Termites. 

There you will find Didgeridoos..

Out there, a sapling, by the time it is 3 or 4 metres high, is completely hollowed out by termites.

We would find a”patch” cut them to a rough size, debark them and poke the dirt out of the insides with a skinny stick, then stack them around a termite nest, the fesh timber glowing a golden colour in the sun -  then continue on looking for the next patch, and then hopefully find our way back by following those stacks back to the camp.

So far out in the bush and constantly looking around for the right size saplings to make into a didge, for me it is easy to lose track, walking kilometers over rough country ... easy to get lost.... 

... Sometimes feel that cold little chill when I couldn’t find the next sign or didgeridoo stack and had no idea which way to go. Walking in a big circle til I spotted them, what relief.