A tin of either golden syrup or treacle was one of the basics that swagmen used to carry with them. It had many uses like sweetening billy tea, spreading on damper or pouring over puddings. A cup of tea. A basic bread originally made simply with flour and water, kneaded, shaped into a round and cooked in the coals of a fire made on the ground. Raising agents or self-raising flour are used to make damper now.
Some campers make the dough and mould a small amount around one end of a thick stick.
The stick is then held over a fire. When the damper is cooked, golden syrup is poured in the hole left by the stick. Pieces of light sponge cake dipped in chocolate icing and coconut. It is believed Queenslanders named them after a popular early Governor of Queensland. Australia's coastline is a breeding ground for a large variety of fish.