13 - 15 July

Thursday, 15 July, 2004 by Donna V. Whitmore

Well, I hope you enjoyed Cheryl's commentary on these days, as I never wrote a thing! I would like to comment that I really enjoyed our day of art work with the Aboriginal painters; our walk about the Korrawinga Community with Aaron, one of the Aboriginal dancers, which was educational, thorough and very enjoyable; dinner at the Boat Club in Hervey Bay was not only a fantastic affair, it was a huge surprise: the owner of the Club had come to the Korrawinga Community during the festivities for the public a week ago, and decided to invite all of us to have dinner with him at his Club. It was a fantastic evening; the special, copious dinner attended by all of us and the Aboriginal Elders and friends at the Korrawinga Community was also a wonderful affair—everyone was there, including all of the kids with Vision Quest, the other group at the Community during our visit; the dinner was followed by a karaoke night which was more fun than a barrel of monkeys—people could not wait to get in front of the huge crowd to sing and dance to their favorite songs! It was a blast!!! We got to bed late, still laughing!