Les Hiddins's guest appearances

Les Hiddins

The Paul Kirtley Podcast

Overnights

Leon McCarron

Michael Mosley

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Willie Nelson

Bernie Sanders

Paul Robeson

Kurt Vonnegut

Samuel Johnson

Stanley Kubrick

William Buckley

Sally Rooney

Gisela Kaplan

Steve Smith

Helen Keller

Michael Collins

OwlTail

The Bush Tucker Man reflects on his life's work.

The world of the Bush Tucker Man Les Hiddins

Les Hiddins became well known through his ABC TV series “The Bush Tucker Man”.  In 1980 Les had received a Defence Fellowship to research survival in northern Australia and looked heavily into traditional bush foods, with the help and cooperation of Indigenous communities. His work was compiled and used by the Australian military in various forms, including the clever idea of “snack maps”. He was also the principal author of the Australian Army’s military survival manual, published in 1987. Les retired from the Australian Regular Army in 1989 with the rank of Major.  In addition to his TV work and writing, he continued to work with the Australian Army Reserve until 2001, working with Indigenous Australian communities in northern Australia. He is still actively researching and sharing his information and we get into this and a whole lot more in this podcast episode….

PK Podcast 50: Les Hiddins, The Bush Tucker Man