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22/07/2025

Join Kitana Mansell at The Beaker Street Debate with a touch of comedy, as she teams up with DR ESMÉ JAMES and DR KATE BOOTH on the topic - We’re Fu**ed! It’s too late to avoid civilisational collapse. 🌏
Tickets on sale now! 🎟️

Natasha Mitchell hosts the battle of brains and bravado

21/07/2025

Conversations in the City is where community and agriculture come together for an inspiring exchange of ideas and knowledge. 🎙️

Hosted at Peppers Silo Hotel in Invermay, this year’s event invites you to explore diverse perspectives, expand your networks, and celebrate the dynamic interplay of food, culture, and conversation. 🗣️

Explore an array of thought-provoking topics, including food innovation, natural capital, agritourism, food security and policy, climate change adaptation, sustainability, and the importance of supporting local. Led by acclaimed food writer and commentator, Richard Cornish, the event will feature speakers who are passionate about building adaptation and resilience within our food systems. 🌿

We will link to a UNESCO Gastronomy City overseas to further enrich the discussions, connecting attendees with global insights. 🌍

Lunch will feature an outstanding paddock-to-plate experience, crafted by the talented chefs at Grain of the Silo. Highlighting the finest local ingredients, this menu is designed to inspire. A long lunch giving attendees an opportunity to network and connect. 💬

Conversations in the City brings food and culture to the forefront of Launceston, Tasmania’s UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. 🌆👩‍🍳

Kitana Mansell is a proud Palawa woman from lutruwita (Tasmania) and a passionate advocate for Aboriginal food sovereignty, cultural preservation, and community empowerment.

21/07/2025

Article ~ The event, ningina Palawa kipli piyura kitina-ta, which means to give, to get, to bring Palawa food, was more than a shared meal, she said.

"It's a journey into the heart of what Aboriginal food is and our culture and telling those stories of Country and tradition," Ms Mansell said.

"Piyura Kitina is a perfect example of how we've been able to do that with the land given back to our community since 1995, showing how we as Aboriginal people can take care of Country in our own way, and not having rules and regulations around practising our culture."

There's a dark history at Risdon Cove, as the site of first impacts of colonisation in Tasmania.

But Ms Mansell said she hopes to showcase the native flavours of the area, and the stories that stretch far beyond colonisation.

"For over 150 years Aboriginal people were not allowed to eat our traditional foods, or practice our cultural harvesting," she said.

"To be able to have the responsibility as a proud Palawa woman to showcase that we're reconnecting back to our food and our history, it's a great opportunity."
Tickets available to this event via link https://tickets.beakerstreet.com.au/Events/TASTE-OF-COUNTRY-NINGINA-PALAWA-KIPLI-PIYURA-KITINA-TA
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07/07/2025

What if we told you the world’s first bakers weren’t Egyptian… but Indigenous Australian?

Most people credit ancient Egypt with the birth of baking—around 17,000 BCE. But in Australia, grindstones used to make flour from native seeds have been dated to 30,000 years ago.

At Cuddie Springs in New South Wales, archaeologists uncovered a grinding stone used by First Nations people to process grass seeds into flour—12,000 years before the Egyptians even started experimenting with bread.

This isn’t just an archaeological fact—it’s a window into a highly sophisticated civilisation. A culture that:
• Cultivated crops like the yam daisy
• Engineered waterways to sustain food systems
• Built spiritual economies and sacred sites
• Lived in harmony with the land and climate for over 60,000 years
• Thrived without warfare in many regions for millennia

Yet, how often is this story told?

Why don’t we learn more about:
• The yam daisy monocultures (murnong) that stretched across Victoria before colonial grazing destroyed them?
• The Brewarrina fish traps (Baiame’s Ngunnhu) in northern NSW—potentially the oldest human-made structure on Earth?

07/07/2025

How to be a great ally during NAIDOC Week🖤💛❤️

NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate, honour and stand with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Being a true ally goes deeper than showing up for one week.

Here are some simple but powerful ways to show up the right way during NAIDOC and beyond:

✨ Listen deeply
Make space for Aboriginal voices. Hear the stories, history and lived experiences shared by community. Don’t talk over us—listen and learn.

📚 Do your own research
There are so many deadly books, podcasts, films and articles by Aboriginal creators. Use them. Don’t expect mob to do the emotional lifting for you.

🖤 Don’t run events on the same day as Aboriginal community led events
Support what’s already happening. Come along, listen, and be part of what mob are already leading.

💰 Support Aboriginal businesses and Creatives
Buy from Aboriginal-owned businesses, artists and makers. Economic self-determination is part of our strength and future.

📣 Speak up
Call out racism—whether it’s in your workplace, school, home or online. Being silent helps no one.

🌿 Acknowledge Country with meaning
Don’t just recite words—know whose land you’re on. Learn the local language name of your region, understand the history, and show real respect to Country and Elders (Palawa Kani Map link below).

🤝 Keep showing up after NAIDOC
Allyship doesn’t end when the week does. Keep backing community-led initiatives, supporting land rights, and fighting for justice year-round. Not just a flag raising or a morning tea. Join a street march, walk side by side with pride.

Tasmanian Aboriginal place names map - https://tacinc.com.au/pulingina-to-lutruwita-place-names-map/

07/07/2025

NAIDOC Week 2025
📆Today, Monday 7th July

Join us for Flag Raising events across:

🖤 Nipaluna/Hobart – 10:30 AM, Piyura Kitina
💛 Launceston – 11 AM, TAC, 182 Charles St
❤️ Pataway/Burnie – 11 AM, 53 Alexander St
🎉 Plus a Kids Disco in Pataway – 4:30–6:30 PM, TAC Community Room

📞Contact your local TAC on 1800 132 260 for any queries

04/07/2025

Muttonbirds for sale!!
Hobart and Launceston Deliverys this Sunday, the 6th of July, last trip for the year!!

Mutton bird oil is also available - $30 per litre

Hobart and Launceston delivering areas on Sunday -
Devonport home makers centre 7:00-7:15
Kings meadows bunnings 9.30- 10
Campbelltown 11.00- 11.15
Brighton bakery car park 1.00-1.15
Granton train park 1.30-2.30
Glenorchy bunnings 2.30- 3
Eastlands shopping centre 4- 4.30
Kingston Town shopping centre 5:15- 5:30
Msg or call me to make an order or just come to one of the delivery areas as we will have extra birds and oil available.
David 0448 079 992

26/06/2025