Camp Rocky

I've had a surprisingly good time here in Rockhampton. The last time the company came here, we arrived at night, performed the next day and caught a bus to Gladstone. While this visit is almost as brief, we arrived early enough on Thursday to prepare a late afternoon barbecue. The motel is so cute, we've practically taken all of the rooms and us mob on the ground floor have rooms that open out onto the lawn. We could keep our doors open and randomly wander in and out of each others' rooms. I was getting quite alot of traffic because I have broadband in my room, but I also have the smallest room, it's like an afterthought, as if the motel owners had some spare space and decided to put in a bed and a toilet... Not that I really need the space and, besides, we're only here for two nights.

I like it here, it feels like we're on camp or something. Or maybe at uni, like we're staying on campus or something. And with all the learning that was going on that first night...

The Fitzroy River is just across the road from us and, at sunset, I wandered down to take some pretty pictures. The water was like a mirror and the boats were all resting, leaving the glassy surface undisturbed. The mozzies were a bitch though, huge, like the ones that we were suffering in Gladstone.

At the theatre the manager came to the Green Room to welcome us to Rocky. Awww, how nice! After the show he thanked us for our performance. That's what we like, us dancers, feeling welcomed! Elders from the Fitzroy Basin Elders Committee also came to the show and were particularly taken by the first half, they had their own experiences of mission life. Today was also the end of the NAIDOC week celebrations and they capped it off with a 2000 strong march. Unfortunate for us, we were indoors for the whole thing!

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