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Bush Tucker Plant Foods of Sydney and the Blue Mountains

Bush Tucker Plant Foods of Sydney and the Blue Mountains

This section of the website shows some bush tucker plant foods that can be found in the Sydney and Blue Mountains regions of Australia. Click on the links below to show more information about each of the different food types.

WARNING: Never eat plants that are growing in an area where they may have been sprayed with pesticides or herbicides (weed killers), or where the water supply to the area could be polluted, such as from urban or industrial run-off.

Please read the disclaimer and other instructional material on the site before considering trying any of this yourself.

Fruits	Leaves	Nectar and Pollen
Seeds	Tubers	Weeds
Medicinal Plants	Miscellaneous Useful Plants

The Best Australian Edible Plant Guides

Wild Food Plants of Australia, Tim Low. This is easily the best book for edible plants that I know of for Southeast Australia. (And probably for almost all of Australia, though if you are mainly interested in the North, check out Les Hiddins' Pocket Guide). It is also small enough to carry easily. If I had to survive with only two books, this would be one and the other would be a survival book — the first "Naked Into the Wilderness" book by John and Geri McPherson, or possibly Thomas J Elpel's book.

Click here to purchase from Australia $26.99 AUD

How can I be prepared with Self-Sufficiency and Survival Foods, Isabell Shipard. I have not had this book very long but I am very impressed with it. It covers a great many of the topics discussed on survival.org.au and covers them quite well. There are 16 pages (large A4 pages, with small writing) devoted to edible weeds, including colour photos of many of the weeds. Apart from edible weeds it also covers a few bush tucker (native) food plants, survival kits, storing food, permaculture, sprouting, herbs, and more. Her Course on DVD (PAL format, $35.00 AUD) looks like it would also be excellent, though I have not seen it yet.