Far, far away, where the land is so dry and hot and bleak, that 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 and debark them and stack them around a termite nest, 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 car -a good way to lose a kilo a day!
So far out in the bush constantly looking around for the right size saplings to make into a didge, it’s easy to get lost....
I would hang little bits of paper from trees to mark the way or get lost and ...
Sometimes feel that cold little chill of fear 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.
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