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Between Kapagup (Walpole) to Koorrabup (Denmark) is the Dingle Dingle (tingle) forest. These great towering trees were fortunate in being of little use to the loggers who took so much of the jarrah, karri and marri. Nyoongar people did not live in the forests, they are too thick and too dark (filtering 70% of sunlight) for yonga (kangaroo) and wedj (emu) to live, these formed the staple meat of Nyoongar diet. Nyoongars went into the forests for food and medicine. If they traversed the forest, they typically did so using the rivers. In many areas the floor of the forest is covered with kerebin (sword grass). If the blade is stroked towards the tip it will not hurt but if stroked towards the base it will cut skin. Walking through sword grass in bare feet and uncovered legs is painful and bloody! It is also out of respect that people should not go into the forest without good reason, their shallow roots of the dingle dingle would soon be disturbed if many feet were trampling around Dingle dingle trees are ancient; their antecedents have been here since Australia was still part of the super continent Gondwana. They are extremely tall but shallow rooted growing massive buttresses that form hollows at the base of the tree. They remain stable despite huge winds coming from the south because they grow in dense clusters, which dissipates high winds. The spirit of ancestors inhabit these hollows, if a Nyoongar person in the right frame of mind sits within the base of the tree they can communicate with the ancestor. To go into the tree for any other reason is a bad thing to do.