Saturday (Day 30), I stayed at the Cullen Point Camp site, basically in the campervan all day
and caught up on texts, phone calls, thinking with space to be.
Sunday (Day 31)
slept in… thinking about the best preparation for future difficulties, then off to the little Mapoon church. I had locked my keys in the car, then misplaced my phone, so was 10 or 20 min late. But a lovely time, and lunch together afterwards. During lunch I drew most of the kids (about half a dozen?). A bit of fun…
Shiree (Manoa, the pastor’s wife) give me a biggish frozen fish as I left church, (a grunter someone at the camp site later told me, interesting the first fish I caught in my life, at Emu Park, was also a grunter/trumpeter) I made sure to throw it up high, so that I could honestly say that I caught it myself). My job was to cook it for dinner tonight... in alfoil with butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper Lit the fire about 3, put it on the coals about 4:45pm….
I left a text message and voice mail for an acquaintance whom I met in Broken Hill years ago, Lawrie, and whom Jane said might be in Mapoon, to see if he could share the fish with me, but no answer… he might be busy, or away from Mapoon.
By ~5:30pm, took the fish off the fire, had a shower, took it into the camper trailer away from the flies,(how good are fly screens!) and what a lovely meal! Thanks Shiree & Manoa… thanks to creative love who made up people like them. An early night ..
Monday (Day 32)
I was booked at the camp-site
till this day, so I probably have to rebook, or be gone by about 10am.
I wonder what will happen? Well what I learnt yesterday morning was don’t frett, just do now what I should now be doing … that is straight-forward & easier!
I “slept in”, putting thoughts to writing on how what has been accomplished so far, got accomplished.
Then I think I’ll pack camp,
go and wander through the original site of Mapoon before authorities of the time burnt the houses folk had built, as well as (the original mission houses?) and government houses.
Then go back to the cultural centre, see if it works to contact Lawrie and Manoa (or Joe ?) again, and sit in the car near the shop before deciding where to from here, and what options there are...
Shared a lunch with Manoa.
Looks like I'll probably stay at Manoa's place here in Mapoon, though they already have visitors, then Wednesday afternoon head back to Joe's place in Weipa to be there by sunset and put up the camper-trailer, then go with Joe on Friday to Coen and see how that goes, and whether I can be of service to him. Then decide after that... But unless something else crops up, to come back with a few others in a walking and support crew, to do a last stint, to New Mapoon (& the Tip) maybe next year, maybe with some locals lads and Manoa, from up here too. ???
We'll see...
Still a lot to learn...
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