The Murputja School was very pleasant. It serviced two neighboring communities and so there is no settlement here except for the police and teachers housing. Having finished up here, we decided to take the low track back to Amata (having taken the high track on the way in) and the road was fine. I woke this morning feeling a bit emotional about what we have seen in the communities so far but won’t get on my soap box with any socio-political commentary as this is definitely not the forum for it – a good dose of Midnight Oil on the iPod for a couple of hours soon brought me back. We stopped at an old cattle station for a cup of billy tea. George’s fire got a bit out of control but we managed to settle it down and get the billy on. We stopped at Ernabella for lunch and supplies and had a really nice hamburger from the local takeaway (yeah I was surprised too!). We met Peter , the Community Elder and had a bit of chat with him – ooah. We thought that our Ernabella donkey was very special but came across a whole herd of them on the way out. We arrived at Kenmore Park in plenty of time for a BBQ and then settled into the school hall. Bren was really pleased as he decided to sleep on the gym mat. Kenmore Park is the last of the schools that we’re visiting on the APY lands.
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