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NATIVE BEES
Have you found your home veggie plot
is a little lacklustre? Perhaps there
aren’t enough bees in your environment
to pollinate the plants. The Far North
is home to a few species of native
stingless bees, and there’s a growing WHAT’S HOT
community dedicated to helping them
thrive. You can even ask group manager
and horticulturalist, Steve, to make you
a custom hive box!

MORE: Cairns Native Stingless
Bees on Facebook
READ, WATCH, LISTEN
Here’s what the Tropic team is getting
around this February and March.
LISTENING TO Forgotten Australia
podcast, Genesis by Otyken, Taj Mahal
by Ben Jorge, In the Wake of Your Leave
by Gang of Youths (on vinyl), The J Files
podcast
WATCHING The Chestnut Man (Netflix),
Station Eleven (Stan), Euphoria (Foxtel
GO), Arcane (Netflix), The Club (Netflix),
Fauda (Netflix), Fleabag (Amazon
Credit: Simon & Schuster Australia READING The White Masai by Corinne
Prime)
Hofmann, The Complete Book of
Colourful Interiors by I. De Feijter &
Irene Schampaert, Before You Knew My
Name by Jacqueline Bublitz, The Yield

Amanda Lohrey
KOOKING WITH A KOORI by Tara June Winch, The Labyrinth by
TikTok is a haven for food hacks and
cooking tutorials, but who else can claim
to feed a family of eight with
just $8? Wiradjuri man Nathan Lyons
has mastered the art of budget-friendly
meals, using simple but long-loved
ingredients like devon and Keen’s Curry
Powder to add stacks of flavour to his WHAT’S NOT
home cooking. Paired with wit and
genuine warmth, Kooking with a Koori
has won hearts all over the world. THE CHAOTIC BORDER REOPENING
Both Federal and State Governments have dropped the ball,
He’s also recently released a cookbook!
with the lack of rapid antigen tests forcing people to visit
multiple shops in the hope of finding one, while PCR testing
MORE: @kookingwithakoor
queues and result times have blown out. That’s on top of
seriously confused and conflicting messaging!

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