From My Cyberjournal 76August 2006 copyright/all rights reserved/Alfredo Roces
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One of the few simple pleasures left on this planet is digging for pipi shells on Fraser island. Pipi (Donax deltoides), or surf clam, is a common mollusc spread around Australia's coasts. To go by the State of Victoria, the legal harvest limit is five liters per person. They are a bit tough and rubbery when they get to be full sized (5 centimeters), but for this same reason they make good bait. The smaller pipis, on the other hand, make divine "vongole" or clam chowder soup. Aborigines have been feasting on them for at least 2,000 years.

You know there is a pipi when you spot a small bump, like a flattened tennis ball, on the sand. You usually find them in clusters. All you need to do is dig, as quickly as you can, a few centimeters in the wet sand, and you have your pipi! Boil the young and tender ones with some
ginger and a delicious broth will reveal to you what life is all about.