Tiwi Downlands

This BLOG seeks to show people back home on the Tiwi Island what we are learning and where we live at Downlands, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

To Brisbane for Ellie's First Communion


The boys played Rugby for Downlands on Saturday and then came down to Brisbane on a late bus. The girls arrived by midday and all were up early for Ellie's First Communion mass.

The photo has four of the kids with Ellie, with her friend Paris and with my niece Madeline and Wendy.

Bradley was very flash going in his school uniform.

Before returning to Downlands we went over the question of the 99 year leases proposed for Nguiu and scanned the news items of Noel Pearson in matters such as this.

On the Saturday the girls had a trip through University of Queensland and saw the Catholic colleges that would accommodate kids who worked through Aboriginal education program.