Touring the Tully Sugar Mill
Our village surroundings – sugar
cane and rainforest mountains
Grapefruit orchard outside our village
Sugar cane ready for harvest
Banana plantation near our village
Bob on our daily morning walk
The sugar harvest
Two houses we painted in the village
The community center in village of Kennedy
The house we shared with 4
others. We all slept on the floor.
In the rainforest with a “boomerang” tree
Bob in the rainforest on Dunk Island
View of mainland from Dunk Island
Birthday party for one of the volunteers
Under the “knowledge tree” in the village:
clockwise Betsy, LeeEllen, Steve, Warren, Dena
l. to r.: Dave, Charmaine, Jane,
Bob, Betsy, Nancy, Maxine
The local elementary school
The two-room school has 29
students in grades 1 through 7
Blencoe Falls, ancestral lands of
the Girramay people
On a promontory before the falls
The fire pit for the Cuppamurri celebration
We cover the fire pit with sand to hold in steam
and cook the kangaroo, pig, and chickens
Volunteers and aboriginal hosts
l. to r.: LeeEllen, Sandra (aka
“Whitey”), Bob in Dave’s bush hat
Loving farewells: Betsy, Dena and Zoe