We have exciting news today. We found a native fingerlime bush hiding down the embankment on our property.
I don't know how many members here have tried these limes raw, but would like to hear some feedback from anyone who has.
Now all we have to do I guess is wait for it to fruit

Wow Piers! I can only imagine how much food you'd find at our place here near the Lamington National Park.
We have a vine here in the valley called Pedersen Pea. It's very prolific and deep green. It's doesn't taste too bad, and like yourself we can say, we're still alive and fine. (VERY powerful wild greens)
The farmers hate the stuff, but the cows go nuts over it and are more than prepared to tackle barbed wire fences to get at the stuff! I don't know about you, but I'd trust a cow over a meat farmer any day of the week
I didn't know you could eat Moreton Bay Figs! We just planted 2 of them.
What do you know about Hoop Pines seeds? Do you suppose they're edible? The pines here recently dropped thousands of them.
Wouldn't it really be something if someone wrote a field guide about the edible native plants in the SEQ/nth NSW area?   
cheers
Loretta.

Thanks for your reply Tiphareth,
I would love to hear the titles of the books when you have the opportunity to post them.
You sound like you're very experienced with your wild foods 
cheers
Loretta.

Haha nah the only Nightshades that are a problem grow in Europe and not Oz... we have them everywhere around here and they actually become rather addictive. I know of about 6 different patch's in my area, so pretty much every time I go outside I can be assured a nice snack along the way.

Every time I've tried Morton Bay figs, they are dry and pretty well insipid... have you got nice-tasting ones Piers?

Tiphareth, how are your ruby saltbush berries? I've found heaps here in Wollongong and Tim Low's book says that they're really nice, but these are always as small as a mung bean and taste very bitter... possibly alkaloids?

what I most love about the beach are the Flax Lillies dianella (purple berries from coastal grass), various lilly pillies and cape goose berries, we feast on these all through summer in Coffs Harbour. you can always find warrigal greens on the sand dunes, but more than a handful of leaves on their own irritates my throat.

I've got Rose apples (I agree they are beautiful aromatic fruit), davo & burdekin plums, aerial yams, a few nut trees, native tamarind (hasn't fruited yet), lemon myrtle, lemon verbena, panoma berries, acerola cherries,  native gingers, tumeric, etc... and a good 40 awesome herbs. (plus many exotic fruits)
You could probably triple this list for the plants that we've got in Coffs Harbour, but atm they're all immature and in need of care... can't wait to get home and plant more!

On the odd bushwalk, my brother and I have identified and eaten a few other bush foods and are now trying many saps/gums from acacia's and oaks. But our favourite by far are the hundreds of edible mushrooms that are hiding... just beneath that log... always the one that most people would simply walk past without a second glance.
They are truly some of the most brilliant and alien-looking things that you'll ever come across.

Sorry to keep you's so long, hope it was worth it 

ah sorry its been so long...
for mushrooms the best guide we've found is Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World but I think there's another good one on edible mushrooms of Australia an NZ, and I think Ian Hall is the author.
and for bushtucker, definately Tim Low's many books.

happy hunting

oh my goodness,be careful with eating mushrooms...

I was sickest i have ever been,on mushrooms last year,or was it earlier this year.....dear god the thought now,makes me want to wretch!

they were some weird looking mushrooms...dont know what possessed me...lol but i guess its just been that kind of year

oh oh and they werent magic mushrooms,that wouldve been much more fun...lol