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Scott explains that Banksia flowers produce abundant, sweet nectar.

As the late afternoon sun glistens off his sweat-drenched body paint, the half-naked man glances at his firestick and quickly raises it up to his lips after realising that the glowing embers within are about to extinguish.

With just a few well-timed puffs of breath, the Turrbal tribe elder expertly brings the fire back to life with smoke once again billowing from the handy wood and fresh grass contraption.

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