Easter Weekend Wild Mushroom Hunt

Come on Easter Weekend to a Wild Mushroom Hunt instead of doing another egg hunt. Find prized delicacies: bright, edible fungi! It is a fantastic family activity, and a great opportunity to learn how to find, pick, and process wild edible mushrooms. The tour will take place in Hampton State Forest, which is just a short drive from Hampton beyond the Blue Mountains. During the tour, participants will learn how to identify and collect edible mushrooms, process them to cook a scrumptious lunch, and see how to preserve the bounty. The guide will teach the budding foragers how to safely recognise and pick them and will run a safety check of their baskets. The ticket price includes a fresh barbecue lunch made from the day's bounty, a mini-workshop on preserving mushrooms, and recipes for preserving mushrooms. Participants will return home not only with what they found but also with the confidence to safely recognise two varieties of wild edible mushrooms and knowledge about how to preserve them. What is learned at the tour will allow participants to go to the pine forests to collect these mushrooms by themselves in years to come.