My first ever weekend in Minyerri.
Saturday was spent eating banana bread, planning for the
week ahead and getting to know the town better. The afternoon saw the boys
participating in a gruelling footy training session with the Alawa Cats, while
Rita and I went for a walk to see more of Minyerri and then home to make a pet Grasshead.
On Sunday we went to a place called Blackwater, led by our
friend Trevor, his wife Michelle, an older women Mary and 11 assorted kids. On
the way we saw many bush turkeys and a few kangaroos. Four bush turkeys ended
up on our roof racks. Trevor never wasted a bullet.
Upon arrival at Blackwater the boys removed the feathers
from the fowl and began work on the bush oven. After digging a hole in the
sand, fire was used to heat up rocks and once the meat was placed in the oven,
it was covered by corrugated iron and topped with sand. The meat was left to
roast for an hour.
In the meantime, the older kids fished, and the little ones
threw rocks into the water. Mary showed Rita and myself how to kneed damper
properly so that it would rise when it hit the hot coals. Mary put in a huge
effort, making sure all of the 20 people present got their own piece of damper.
We sat and ate the damper and the bush turkey for lunch. The
turkey tasted great, more like lamb than chicken.
As the sun set we packed up and drove back to Minyerri.
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