In March Waykarr, Phil, Arian, Paul, Patrick, Daryl and myself went to Little Bondi, Bariŋjura, for fencing and tree planting. We went there to fence around the car park to stop the visitors walking in the bush. We packed four vehicles with fencing gear like shovels, hammers, pliers, cutters, three corner posts and the wire. We picked up lots of different plants from Y.B.E . Paul said we had to plant the trees and he and Phil would watch us do the work because we were learning how to plant trees. It was half an hours drive south-east of Nhulunbuy.

It was raining that day but we planted the trees first then we started fencing. We were using the safety equipment like hand gloves, long pants, boots and safety glasses. It was hard work.

After that at 4 o’clock we knocked off but we started again the next day. We went back to Bariŋjura to do a bit more fencing. The boys took photos, to prove they had done the fencing and planting. It looked good at the end and Paul said “Yo manymak” (That’s good).

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