The Geelong Cats go spearfishing on Groote

 

Part of the Geelong Cats indigenous program was to come and visit Groote Eylandt in early November.
The Cats footy program was started in 2007 in the Northern Territory around Gove and East Arnhem Land and Groote.
After about 8 seasons of no footy, the Geelong Cats were able to help with the establishment of another footy league
in 2009, much to the local community's delight.

To add to the players experience, the Jobfind CDEP crew from Angurugu and Umbakumba gor together with some locals from both the aforementioned towns and took them out to experience some local lifestyle, spearfishing in the Amagula River!

As you can see by the pics all the boys got involved, but only one fish was caught that day, which if you have been there more than once, will know that it's a rarity to get so little. Maybe too many people in the water scared everyone off? hahaha.
Anyway, big thanks to the Geelong Cats for coming out and working some positive football magic out here on Groote!

A visit to Edmonds homelands including the Emerald River

Here we are at another great spot on Groote Eylandt, a bridge over a section of the Emerald River.
It’s right by Edmonds homelands, he wanted to take us out there because he said the river here is good for some nice pictures.
So Edmond, Enosh and Lukane joined us in the Jobfind CDEP troopy again and headed out there to check it out..




Before that we decided to give his parents a quick visit just around the corner to say hello and let them know we were there. It was a nice little outstation about a 100 metres from the river.




















The boys have a laugh about the broken down landcruiser




Quick photo by Lukane of the front covered in heaps of tow ropes








Edmond then led us down to this amazing swimming pool with a rope swing and crystaline water…















There were a  couple banana trees growing there, no fruit yet though. The boys said they would come down as kids and eat bananas and swim, sounds pretty good really!











The river had some still murky sections in it…







…but soon gave way to clear, pure, blue green water!



















There had also been some fires sweep through there a week or so prior, so there was some nice contrasts between new greenery and blackened tree trunks








Great spot guys, thanks again to Jobfind CDEP participants Edmond, Enosh and Lukane for showing us more beauty and a touch of nostalgia from their younger years!