Aboriginal craft.....

We were extremely fortunate to come across some Aboriginal women demonstrating some traditional crafts with a Park Ranger.

We got to learn the traditional techniques that the Aboriginal ladies use to make baskets and floor mats.

Another wonderful example of how the Aboriginal people are so connected to their environment.

They collect pandanus leaves using a special technique to separate the top layer off the front of the leaf.
These are bunched together ready to be boiled...as demonstrated by Rosslyn here.....

They collect colourful plant roots and crush them with a rock and add these to the pot.

Different coloured roots provide different gorgeous colours.....red, mustard, brown....beautiful

Into the pot go the crushed roots..

The Pandanus leaf is then boiled in the pot for half an hour to an hour.....

Here is Norma with the end result.....

Absolutely gorgeous colours!!


These ladies make amazing things such as this......

With the help of the ladies we just made bracelets today......

It was a wonderful experience which the whole family totally enjoyed!! 


I had visions of myself joining Norma and Rosslyn under a shady tree, making baskets, and drinking lots of tea......sounds like the life for me!!