Two weeks ago we heard the sad news that Trevor’s father had passed away. Scott and Suzy attended the funeral in Kalgoorlie on the weekend. The news has affected everyone on the project and many who have seen the stage show, as it is this man’s story which sits at the heart of Trevor’s family narrative. Some of us were fortunate to meet Trevor’s father when he came to the show in Perth, delighted as we were to meet in real life the man whom Trevor had portrayed so skillfully over the past two years of the production that we felt we knew him a little. We acknowledge that the upcoming season may be challenging for Trevor at this time but the family has expressed their support for the show to go on and this man’s story to be told. We send our love and thoughts to Trevor's family.

We look forward to Trevor’s arrival in Alice Springs next Thursday. Trevor will be involved in some preliminary shooting for the documentary before the team goes down to Pukatja in convoy on the 15th.

I am still landing from a two-week stint in Ernabella where myself, Dave Wardell and Trevor Jamieson ran film and performance workshops for the NPY Women’s Council school holiday program. The program was a huge success with inter-generational participation in telling, scripting and filming stories and video clips for songs recorded with Ngapartji Ngapartji last year.

Stories developed included Mamu Tjara, a story told by Alinda Davey, about children being watched by two mamu (spirits) when the women went hunting. A small boy sees the mamu hiding when he goes to the toilet and runs back to camp to tell the others, who promptly run to the wiltja (shelter). In another short film a group of kungka (girls) come across a fire when walking out bush. Two younger kungka go to the fire for warmth and one is grabbed by a mamu disguised as a rock. A third mamu film instigated by the younger boys involved a wild chase around the car tip which looked quite stunning in the afternoon light.