REPORTAGEThe forager’s path
Heather Hillier revels in the
sting of a nettle, a scratch
from a blackberry bramble
and the clamminess of the
forest floor as she searches
for wild mushrooms. She
once owned a self-sustaining
farm; now she travels North
America with her partner
Matty (see page 31), foraging
for the fruits of nature.Light fantastic
Civilisations have found meaning
in the Northern Lights for centuries- wars, plagues, endings and
beginnings. “Wherever you find
them, they are like nothing else you’ll
ever see,” writer Kate Armstrong said
of witnessing the “green, snaking
rivers” of light in British Columbia.
A land of ice and fire
Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum
travelled to a remote cove in
northern Norway, far above the
Arctic Circle, to make a film about its
raw, brutal beauty. On arrival, they
found the bay covered in trash – so
spent the winter cleaning its beaches
of detritus and surfing its icy waters.
Wegge said, “We wanted to give
something back to [nature] –
not just consume what it offered.”
Wild dining
Chef Sarah Glover grew up
eating raspberries and apricots
from the backyard in her wild
Tasmanian childhood. Now
on the mainland, the author
of Wild Adventure Cookbook
spends her days searching
for local produce and sharing
the meals she makes around
campfires. “I think life has
become too sterile,” she says.
“We have forgotten what
it’s like to get our hands
dirty and let go of the rules.”