Bicton Baths

We used to go up and down the shallow water and chase schools of fish, and they were mainly the brown river mullet, and we had little boomerangs made for fishing. And we'd come across the school and we'd fire the boomerangs and get half a dozen fish, bag them up and when we had enough we'd go home. So, the river was the source of life and it gave us all the provisions we needed. If the river is healthy it would give us an abundance of food, from shellfish to crabs, prawns, fish of all kinds. And you just need to know when to go and when to get it, and what places all of the fish frequent. And you can lure the fish in, trap the fish, hunt the fish with a 3-prong spear you get what you want, and you know, there's enough for everybody. The health of the river is very important. Before the pathways our rivers were the roadways of our life, and we went up and down the river hunting, gathering, and it was food provides for all, and it all came from the river. And like people say 'bush tucker' and they dispute bush tucker, but the river provides more than enough. It all depends on the cycles, and the cycles came and went, so when you knew it was time to hunt we went out and looked for certain species and we were well rewarded.