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My Working Holiday Webisode 8 - Ian Makes and Rides A Wooden Scooter
Date 1/4/13 4:58Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 8 - Ian Makes and Rides A Wooden ScooterVideo by:Description: In Banaue, Ifugao, a town famous for its rice terraces, another kind of industry has taken off – the manufacturing of wooden scooters. Introduced in the 1960s, these simple wooden scooters was invented and adopted by locals as a means of transporting firewood and root crops gathered from the mountains. Today it has become a way of coping with skyrocketing fuel prices. In this webisode, Ian learns finds out how these environmentally friendly handcrafted vehicles are made with nothing more than firewood and twine and finally takes part in a friendly scooter race held amongst the locals!Rating:Views: 167 -
My Working Holiday Webisode 4 - Ian Cooks With Roses
Date 3/3/13 4:30Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 4 - Ian Cooks With RosesVideo by:Description: At the heart of Puli town is a rose sanctuary unlike any other. At Rosary Gardens, the roses are not only organically cultivated, they are also edible! In this webisode, Ian finds out how to grow edible roses the sustainable way and learns which parts of the flower can be eaten and why. Finally he attends a lesson in making a local delicacy - rose jam and finds out why roses purchased from a florist should never be used as an ingredient!Rating:Views: 326
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My Working Holiday Webisode 7 - Ian Is A Cinnamon Hunter
Date 24/3/13 3:28Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 7 - Ian Is A Cinnamon HunterVideo by:Description: Cinnamon was native to Sri Lanka. It is a spice obtained from the inner bark of Cinnamon trees. Sri Lanka still produced 90% of the world's cinnamon and which is the most organic and natural condiment and flavouring material. In this webisode , Ian will visit Madu River, one of the main area growing cinnamon trees, and learn how to make cinnamon quills from peeling the bark using basic handmade tools.Rating:Views: 187 -
My Working Holiday Webisode 3 - Ian Harvests Rocky Oysters 方伟杰挑战采收石蚵
Date 24/2/13 4:44Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 3 - Ian Harvests Rocky Oysters 方伟杰挑战采收石蚵Video by:Description: For centuries, the Pacific oyster also known as the rocky oyster has been cultivated on Kinmen, providing the islanders with a valuable source of livelihood. Trudging through miles of muddy oyster beds, Ian learns the art of harvesting "hanging oysters”— clusters of rocky oysters that grow on nylon strings from 68-year-old Grandma Wang who has been farming oysters for 36 years. As Ian tastes the sweet flesh of oysters harvested with his own hands, he also finds out why they were originally grown on stone blocks and how climate change has led to the decline of oyster aquaculture on Kinmen.Rating:Views: 313
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My Working Holiday Webisode 6 - Ian Learns the Art of Soba
Date 17/3/13 4:10Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 6 - Ian Learns the Art of SobaVideo by:Description: Japanese cuisine is as diverse and complex as its culture and soba noodles made from buckwheat is one of the country’s most popular dishes and revered culinary traditions. In this webisode, Ian gets schooled in the folk art of Japanese country cooking by finding out how to make organic soba using only natural ingredients. Rolling the dough using a 3-foot rolling pin called a nobebo, he also finds out how it is cut into precise strips, dusted with flour and boiled. Finally he learns how when soba is boiled, minerals and amino acids are released into the broth known as sobayu which is drank straight for its numerous health benefits.Rating:Views: 542 -
My Working Holiday Webisode 2 - Ian Nurses Birds of Prey
Date 17/2/13 4:36Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 2 - Ian Nurses Birds of PreyVideo by:Description: Join Ian on the Kangaroo Island attraction, Birds of Prey, for an educational, interactive and inspiring experience. He met up with Dave Irwin who has been involved with raptors from a very young age and has years of experience in training and hand-raising and rehabilitating sick, orphaned and injured birds of prey.Rating:Views: 336
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My Working Holiday Webisode 5 - Ian Takes Up Set Net Fishing
Date 11/3/13 3:09Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 5 - Ian Takes Up Set Net FishingVideo by:Description: The open seas surrounding Toyama Bay, regarded as natural fish keeping pens are where more than 300 varieties of fish species including sardines in the spring, tuna in the summer, and yellowtail in the winter are caught. This is also where Ian takes up the 400-year-old Himi set-net fishing techniques believed to be one of the most environmentally friendly in the world. In this webisode, Ian will learn how nets used to be made of braided straw rope and hemp yarn, with bamboo used for the fishing buoy and floats. Finally he finds out how today fish are targeted by the mesh size of the net, which makes it possible to select the size and species greatly reducing the amount of by-catch.Rating:Views: 286 -
My Working Holiday Webisode 1 - Ian Walks On the Wild Side 方伟杰挑战丛林徒步
Date 10/2/13 3:48Tooltip Information:
My Working Holiday Webisode 1 - Ian Walks On the Wild Side 方伟杰挑战丛林徒步Video by:Description: Surviving a bushwalk independently used to mark the rite of passage for a young Aboriginal. In this webisode, Ian retraces the steps of Australia's indegenious people by undertaking an arduous walkabout that will take him through some of Down Under's most unforgiving terrain.Rating:Views: 801
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