A wonderful visit to the Bunya Mountains gave a cool contrast to Lightning Ridge. There were wallabies and Rosella parrots to see in the big grassy arena in the centre of the forest. But the cool walk beneath the trees was lovely with the fern trees, growing in the damp areas giving a wonderful contrast to the deep green foliage of the ancient Bunya Pines. The Bunya cones from the pine tree are about 18 inches long and each 'seed' or nut about the size of an adults thumb. The Aboriginal people collected then and they made good'tucker'. Some of the trees have Aboriginal cuttings on the bark as old identity marks. It's now a National Park area with amazing flora and fauna living in it.
On the way we had stopped at one of the local wineries and enjoyed samples of their fragrant tipples and lunched on their own goat pies! Very tasty, a good way to have a day out!
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