Exploring Aboriginal MUD CRAB hunting with hand spears

must have a pretty cool story about the Shipwreck oh the treasure that we find here which is like the mud trap Ryan's crab for dinner [Music] [Music] North stradbroke Island or minjariba an Aboriginal name given to the island well before colonization is a beautiful island just off the coast of queensland's capital city Brisbane a short Ferry arrive will get you across to this holiday Paradise where there is plenty of accommodation plenty of restaurants for whining and dining plenty of beautiful white sandy beaches with turquoise water surf fishing for days on end an amazing ecosystems nurturing an abundance of Wildlife but there's a side to the island that not everyone gets to see an ancient side a spiritual side there are people on this island whose ancestors have been connected to this land for thousands of years and that's why I'm here good morning guys welcome back to another episode so I've been out of Camp there and I've just had a message from Nikki saying I thought we're going out of like lunchtime on a low tide uh saying we're going spearing at 9 30. you're coming and um so I've just jumped in the car packed down Camp real quick and I'm shooting across to the other side of the island day two how many flat out you're gonna get today I don't know we'll see yeah can you get one yeah we're gonna work this high tide hey maybe go for a walk later on low tide [Music] all right we're back out in the water today in the boat we're chasing Flathead on this higher tide we've got Dale here the skipper the wild reaches shirt Marky with a spear young Cyrus at the front and Nikki's with us today too what are you looking for Nikki Flathead so Dale caught too many yesterday so he's been put on Skipper Judy today nice going to show us how it's done so rather than spotting the fish and throwing the spear like he would traditionally Mark's practice is to get the boat up under these Flats just as the tide allows you to and drift across them until he spots the distinct pattern of a flathead half buried in the sand he then drifts across the top and thrusts the spear down into it okay [Music] I probably shouldn't say throw this beer traditionally although Aboriginal people around Australia have been throwing Spears by hand and using a warmer for for thousands of years it's highly likely that Mark's ancestors may have used this practice that Mark is using today in their Dugout canoes while drifting stealthily across these Flats [Music] foreign [Music] that's a good one Daddy it's fighting Nikki Mercy I just stood there for an hour trying to get one I couldn't get one well day will go what four five it's hard to get your eye into actually see what you're looking for it's my excuse anyway [Music] what are we taking you've got a hook what's that I got a little hook for the um trees the hollow trees on one of the trees um and then those for the whole this one's quite thick I don't know where the narrow one is that one's gonna be as stressful and I got the shoes to go out and get swampies because they're amongst all the other broken shells and where's the shells oh so yeah we're I'm gonna cut my feet up yeah cool we're gonna come back yeah and then um oh I might be able to take another one for the kids do the mangoes can walk through it's lazy I just think and just I just the mud paths if you like I always find my mud crabs in the holes here yeah and the puddles that sounds easy it is too easy let's look for those ones [Music] I'll sign your dad it's really like going out there hunting this morning for a flathead it's so different to get like it's one thing to finally get my eye dialed in to throw us the uh look for fish that way or like chasing barramundi and then this is just a whole new thing like I kept missing them and Dale's there behind me nailing them I didn't even see them okay yeah and then like that's from a boat so on the paddables of the classroom needs to go out you'd have to look like you know how we're gliding with the boat yeah you literally have to Glide with the paddle board or kayak get right up under it and just bang yeah yeah you've got to put your paddle down yeah yeah and then not make noise too because I made that one little yeah one dollars doing the kayaking with um pop and some other people he told me the girl at the back he told me that we're at the bathroom behind and then um I was the last one to go in tomorrow at the math environment and um I saw the massive um flooded around but when I looked down again it was going all right yeah you really got to get it on that first pass through don't you yeah anyway I was really impressed mate that you got four or five flat head and I got none yeah and that was a good lunch mud crab Flathead what else we have some crumb Turtle you guys have got a good life over here so we're going out to the shipwrecks put one there so we're going to that shipwreck and that one yeah okay but we'll try to get some more shells boy yeah grumpy show yeah yeah so you think we'll see some yeah and we're gonna get some crumpy the actual show with the meat in it yeah yeah okay that's a guarantee so I've never had coffee [Music] never looks delicious eh boy come this way [Music] uh that we'll see that boy you look louder oh that's why the murky water and I like that we've seen that turtle was like let me jump in I'm like no I can't go into your safety yeah okay okay so that's a good spot for them yeah so this where that Gap is there's a couple of holes there that we'll check okay tucked in underneath that yeah literally stick out you'll just see it and they'll stick back in another one [Music] just watch that water I'll send in the water don't go right under that it's too damage yeah [Music] okay like when like at Junior's age he's a good age yeah um with the Shipwreck this end of it dangerous so it won't go any further that way just because I can't hey one day it could the crack would be there oh I'd say but like sitting before yeah um [Music] so it all the years guiding around here you must have a pretty cool story about the Shipwreck get it with this beer all right don't muck around just go Spirit straight away go Bud go Spirit straight away it's gonna go under yeah bring it out see it that way keep it that way look at that maroon in it oh really it's such a different color nice so that one this morning was really purple and green this one's like a mine boy you were gonna walk past that piece of stuck in here I spotted away before you said it but yeah turn it over yeah it's a big boy so crab for dinner grab for lunch crab for dinner grumpy boots are going on are you going NIU um whoa full of water foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Laughter] yeah them girls like that saying crab I'm fussy like it's too small that's a good one do it nothing yeah I thought it was a muddy for sure after that and then I'm like yeah but I thought I saw the color it was the same color Nice Nice cleaning up see this is come on let's go shopping you can get your shopping bag I was too busy looking out for the stone fish we just spoke about so cool there really is an abundance over here which is what's blowing me away the city's right there yeah and you guys have all this on your doorstep oh Jaden's missing out it's funny [Applause] so here I use them along the water you guys can go with Nikki she's gonna have all the action hold it that way like a deadly that's what we're looking for today [Music] well I just got another muddy mad pellets [Music] just trying to get some more clumpies [Music] it's a company [Music] for the back walkies and wear shoes you would have missed it see use a month ago out there [Music] I've got a few compies and other shells that I want to make necklace out of the muddy sadly it's nice three crabs and some pumpkin thank you so this seems like you're kind of happy place walking with a spear even if I don't come out if I come out though and don't get anything yeah I've gotten something out of it feel like I've gotten like you know that mental health healing yeah where I've come out um for example there's one day I was like a little angry just trying to process or accept um I'll walk from here all the way tomorrow didn't get anything loved it come back just lighter you know yeah which is like like meditation in a way but also that connection to Country and that's the first thing you feel like you've got your push you push medicine like that medicine from the Dugan yeah that's all you like your internal medicines right so and I look at this as like this is my physical medicine like it's out here yeah fixing me um and if I combine the two I become more balanced yeah um and then maintaining that the whole cycle of lifestyle [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you Creations are amazing okay [Music] [Applause] they are so good some kind of guava it's not the same meat in it but it's real dark so it's not as good I don't know yeah and then there's another one there's a third shell that we there's a shell here but I couldn't find anything up there quite like so that's not one of those cleaned up no that's smaller that's the other I'm sure you speared him in the head that way he's under there here are you right no Chuck him in the sink and do it [Music] also you can chop these on the fire yeah [Music] oh I'll split it in half okay but it's best when you open it to scrape like up under so you get this bit on there too no is this worth it yeah that's beautiful Bubba go get that necklace out of the room there [Music] well unfortunately Jaiden didn't get to join us this afternoon for our walk um he's I think his freezer broke and he was trying to save all his all these food so he didn't get to come for that walk but um I'm sure you're gonna meet him another time he's such a legend you're also saw him in the last episode um jumping on the turtle so he'll be back I really like Jaden um and I want to do this bush bush Tucker kind of cook up you know especially with the bunion nut but we just got back we've got three good crabs uh Nikki got some grumpy so I'm gonna try that tonight for the first time I might show you guys a bit of that when I cook it up on the fire I'm gonna send the Drone out now over these Flats because they're just beautiful and I'm sure from above it's going to be stunning so we'll fly that now and then I think we're gonna go for a drive up the road and see if we can get as high as we can on the top of manjiraba and hopefully we can see out right over there towards Brisbane and I'll send the Drone up from up there as well and hopefully get a good outlook you do know where we are yes yeah good spot all right yes should I bring the Drone yes yeah yeah it's probably not home but you just have to hit that top button go for a walk what do you got oh clouds are they ears say hi actually hi oh that's cool way back home Runway one mile and this country the kangaroo tracks will go on is it yeah iguanas and Kangaroo plants hey guys it's really cool so this is what we're on right now and there's lots of fun things there's we got our culture and lots of fun stuff here um but it's really fun too you catch a turtle flooded Minecraft wanna kangaroo and Stingray so all those six things inside I know it's sad but stay healthy so my favorite thing about living here is that the seafood that you can grow hunting for swimming places and it's such a good environment and we're trying to keep it the best environment that we can so yeah and strategy is a wonderful place to go swimming and it's a wonderful place to go hunting and you can just do so much over here that that's what makes it study unique [Music] good morning guys that's another late night last night so I'm sorry I stopped filming I got back to Camp here in the dark again and um just had dinner went to bed but I've got the combi here that Nikki got yesterday ah that Nikki got yesterday So and I've just started a fire over here so we'll cook that up for brekkie have a quick swim and quick wash here in the lagoon first now I don't know if I've showed you you guys this place uh in this episode let's jump back to the last episode but this is Mark's camp and um the whole family's been out here for years so they come out and use this as their camp but now he also allows people to like group camps to come out here and camp out here so you guys can camp here too look at this beautiful Lagoon behind me and then uh it's like a three four minute walk down through the sand dunes to the beach I'll show you guys now with the Drone but the stunning ocean is right there East Coast of Australia Crystal Clear Blue Water Dolphins Stingray all sorts of stuff out there it's beautiful surf fishing yugary all sorts of stuff so beautiful spot and you guys can come here too and then you've got this awesome Lagoon here to swim in [Music] all right what are these well these Columbia cook they just got covered in Ash I can't remember Nikki might have to comment and let us all know comment below Nikki is it quamby or quanty I think it was quamby anyway while brekkie Cooks I'm having quambe and I'm having some of these uh medium berries for breakfast while that cooks and this one here cools down we're gonna wrap up the episode uh wrap up this series here I'm in Jeremiah it's been it's been amazing it's been such an eye-opener like I said at the end of the last episode you know to be here right in front of queensland's capital city Brisbane and um so close you can literally see it and be hunting the way we're hunting here and um and just to see this culture still so alive still so rich is really inspiring it's beautiful so what I want to say is if you're coming across hudum and jeraba a few things one is interact with the locals interact with the local tribes here head down to um near my aura it is Springs and and just sit and talk with the locals they'll probably be down there swimming in the creek the kids will be jumping in the creek having a good time and just sit with the locals and have a chat ask some stories about their their life their history they're all more than happy to talk and such amazing people and it will change your experience that you have over here I'm in German if you can try and get out on country with someone you know seek someone like Mark out and which is straty Adventures for so let's straight Adventures you can come and Camp here at Mark's camp you can do four wheel drive tours you'll take you around the island take you to a lot of the Sacred sites the Lakes Blue Lake Brown Lake you know you can go and Chase Flathead like I did in the boat used to the kayak tours but they're on hold at the moment because of that crocodile but I used to do kayak tours on the west coast but he'll take you out in the boat and give you a cultural experience what else they do sand boarding all sorts of stuff Nikki will take you out in the mud flats like we did yesterday afternoon and look for mud crab and tell you some stories they're such an amazing family so if you get the opportunity to do that I highly recommend it straight Adventures look them up on Instagram we might go find Nikki soon and find out what their website's called and what's the best way to contact them and I'll put a link in the description below as well amazing people I can't say that enough but the other thing is just be respectful if you're coming over here and you're going to stay in a nice holiday house and you know go out to dinner each night lay on the beach in the sun that's great I'm all for that you know everyone needs a break from whatever you're doing over there on the mainland but the first stage is just to in your mind just to be respectful of of the Aboriginal tribes that are here now the people that are here now but also the past also the elders also the the old people who their Spirits are still on this land and just just have that in your mind you know if you're going to go to um Blue Lake which we didn't get to this trip but I'll talk about that in a sec if you're going to go to Blue Lake that was a sacred men's site okay it's also a place where Mark was saying where if the if you have a spirit hanging on to you or like a you know like a a a one of the old people an old Spirit who for some reason is clinging to to say Mark he can go to that Lake get in the lake and just drift and it will allow that Spirit to go back to the Dreaming or back to wherever it came from so it's a very sacred site and then Brown Lake Brown Lake is a sacred women's site so it's just women's business I think it was a birthing place so men aren't meant to go there now I think that's pretty relaxed these days but still if you are going to go there just be respectful just just have that in your mind because I'm pretty sure the old people can sense that they can sense if you're a good person and you're going there with with for the right reasons and and you are respectful so there's a lot of places around the island like that and and just have it in your mind just be respectful that's all I ask um come over here and have a good time because it's such a beautiful island and getting back to those Lakes I didn't get there this trip there's so much to see on this island that I I didn't get there and I want to do these sacred sites properly so we'll come back and we'll head out there with with an elder with someone with a knowledge like Mark and and we'll hear some true stories about that place I could go there fly the Drone and talk about it myself but uh that's not right you know I want you guys to hear the stories from the right people so we'll do that we'll get there what a magical journey this was thank you so much to Mark and Nikki and the whole family for not just taking me in but also taking all of you in all my all the followers all the all the viewers and and showing us this country here because it's it's amazing so thank you so much for that experience can't wait to come back and see you all thank you to the kids you're all so much fun and uh yeah that's a wrap if you want your merch wildrators.com uh forward slash shop hat uh what else we've got stubby coolers stickers shirts singlets all that stuff and if you want to join our community patreon.com forward slash Wild reaches there's so much cool stuff on there I won't get into it but that really helps that money from there really helps me get out and and have a good time no get out pay for fuel pay for everything to get out here on country and film and make this content so for all of you that are on there I really really appreciate you all right yeah actually you want to see me eat this comp you don't you I don't think I'll try and set you guys up clumpy Mickey said don't eat this hairy bit so we'll Chuck that back in oh yeah that's that's the grass you get here it's not real big oh yeah it's salty though oh they're delicious and actually it's a lot like a yogurt a Pippi delicious I just wanted to be bigger that's why I love the mud show because they're so big the mouthful anyway these can be real hot so I'm not gonna let you make your Instagram watch that but medium berries too awesome all right guys see you next week button okay that's it and you can get some merch from wild reaches I got some at my house but

Channel: Wild Reaches

Views: 77,378

Keywords: Hunting, spearing, mud crabs, australia, wild reaches, catch and cook, wild food, aboriginal culture, indigenous australia, catching food

Id: kEq32KiYgHY

Length: 30min 32sec (1832 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 16 2023