Getting closer to the heart of Australia

Janie Peterson has been living in Australia for over four years after moving to Gladstone from Germany. Last week she set off on an adventure to getting closer to the heart of Australia spending two days teaching at the Woorabinda State School, an Indigenous community two hours inland from Rockhampton.

Janie said ‘I was not sure what to expect and after the usual chaos that you face as a supply teacher I enjoyed every moment of it. The free spirit of the children, their beautiful, sparkling, brown eyes and the amount of hugs I got within such a short amount of time was just heart warming. I loved the feeling of being in a small community of only 1000 people and learned so much about their lives by talking to the locals – old and young.