During my last week at Titjikala it was decided that we needed to take a road trip with some of the older ladies all the way down to the South Australia boarder to visit Ernabella.
I can't quite describe how incredible this adventure was. To be able to make this happen is one thing but to go on this trip with a few of the women from the community is something that you can not recreate. It was fun and unique. The landscape was stunning all the way down to the Ernabella hills and back again.
So we hired a trailer and a lot of Swags, we stocked up on food and made some tasty meals and off we went.....that sounds so simple doesn't it? well is did take a little organisation and a lot of running around the community....which I should point out is not a big community but Jane and I did managed to spend over an hour driving around it (if you can imagine a map that plots the journey of two people around a small space you would have lines cris crossing and back tracking all over it..... to draw this will be one of my next fun projects)
I guess this whole road trip was promted by Sandra who wanted to visit her sister and daughter at Umawa, which is a small service town just outside of Ernabella
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| Jane, Nora, Nita, Cora and Janet with the troopy |
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| The first sight of the hills |
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| this is the very friendly donkey at Ernabella |
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| This is just down the road from the community so we didnt get far before a little glitch....a stone flew up and smashed the back window......after a very impressive cardboard and gaffa tape repair we were soon on the road again. |
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