HASSTS BLUFF
We’ve
travelled to Haasts Bluff for our last teaching stint…..with a touch of sadness
as our time with some truly remarkable teachers and adorable kids comes to an
end for 2017. A big thank you to Geoff and Nick in the Regional Office for
allowing this to happen, Cherie at Amoonguna, Gaby, David, Sarah, Amanda and Kerrie at Kintore, Rob
and his staff at Papunya, Kandi, Rob and Lauren at Haasts Bluff and Phil and
John at Mount Allan, the dedicated Read Tutors (who we are looking forward to
catching up with when we return home)…and all of the indigenous staff. We have had
an amazing ten weeks teaching in your schools. But it is us who have done all
the learning and we come away truly enriched by the experience. Gracie has made
some wonderful friends and will carry with her long lasting memories. At
Kintore, Ampi asked Gracie what are her plans for the future and was delighted
when Gracie indicated she would love to come back and work with the community.
The kids
of Haasts Bluff took us out on another adventure, this time to their favourite
climbing rocks. Breath taking scenery. Watch the highlights on this link.
On Sunday
we climbed a very tall hill called Memory Mountain which has a cross planted at
the top….with plans to erect a much larger one in the future. An interesting
story!
On the
way home we detoured to the local car graveyard. Literally hundreds of vehicles
piled beside and on top of and predominately Commodores and Falcons….easy to get
parts!
It has
been good to finish our teaching here especially as Gracie made some very close
friendships with Zurana, Gina and Bianca.
Zurana and Gracie enjoying Sunday night tea together.
But after
teaching for the majority of the term, we are now looking forward to our next
adventure as we make our way further north….but not before we make our
pilgrimage to Uluru, Kata juta and Kings Canyon.
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