Day 8 – 10 Aug

The principle of the Pip school was schedule to have an interview for her job this morning and so we rearranged the schedule slightly and headed down to Watarru in the morning to do that first and then back to Pip in he afternoon to complete the work there. We left the trailer at Pip which made the trip down to Watarru a little bit quicker. Watarru is a lovely place with only about 10 students at the school. There were originally two Aboriginal family groups at Watarru but due to a feud, 1 of the families has recently moved to Amata. On the way back to Pip we stopped at a manual water bore and had a go at the pump. We also caught site of the local wreckers, but interestingly, the locals have found a really good use for old car bonnets – they use them as make-shift road signs! And so we say goodbye to the outer lands and Pip in particular which is just an absolutely beautiful part of the world, and head out to Murputja. We spotted an eagle that had caught a dog for lunch but I won’t put that picture up here. Upon arriving at Murputja, we were lucky enough to get whole house to ourselves and almost a room each. We visited the local police barracks and said hello to the cops we met on the way in (you never know when you may need a helping hand out here!).