Almost one week down in my temporary posting at Ngalapita Remote Community School! After an illness to the Principal here, and a few teachers covering the classroom over the past few weeks, I’ve come in to finish off the term (two and a half weeks) with the kids.
Unfortunately, there has been a bit of rain during the week, which has made it very difficult to get out and about and explore too much. I did manage to get down to the local billabong, but alas, with no charged batteries, was unable to capture any pictures! I caught a couple of bream, but no barra.
The staff here are great, and working under some very trying conditions – it is a three teacher school, but with the school still one teacher down, there has been zero DOTT in the school at all this term. The community is very small, with about twelve to fifteen attending the school each day, aging from kindergarten to Year 11. My class is a Year 3 to Year 11 class.
There are two ways of getting to the main highway – one through Nookambar, the other through Djugaridi – alas, when it rains, it is near impossible to cross the Fitzroy River near Nookambar, and it is imposssible to get past Christmas Creek on the Djugaridi road. For that reason, we’re stuck here at the moment, with a plane flying in suppiles to the local shop. I am hoping that Christmas Creek will drop enough by tomorrow evening to drive back to Fitzroy for the weekend! I’ll try to take more pictures to post… hopefully with an authentic Ngalapita barramundi within the frame!
