I found out about the ‘Alcohol Liquid Nutrition Program’, which provides a balanced meal every weekday to disadvantaged people in the area. The program is free of charge for the community and is relied on by about 35 people who have been cast away by their loved ones usually due to problems with alcohol or drugs. I spoke to the lady who runs the program, Sue Lott. Sue is a qualified chef who has been in Roebourne for over 35 years and she drives out to communities every weekday to deliver her freshly prepared meals. I took a photo of Sue and I hope to pitch the story to Yamaji News as well as the Telegraph.
Sue Lott cooking for the Alcohol Liquid Nutrition Program
While I was interviewing Ms Lott, Nadia and James spoke to the woman at the front desk at Mawarnkarra and James is going to follow through on the information he got about the centre. When they returned we all took part in an interview with Roslyn and Trelena Brown, the teenage daughters of Danny Brown – the operations manager at Mawarnkarra. Roslyn and Trelena act as shining examples in the community, in that they are planning to study dentistry and medicine respectively. Trelena has completed year 12 and has been accepted into UWA and Roslyn still has one more year of school before she goes onto study dentistry. James, Nadia and I each took turns in asking the girls questions and then took some photos of the two girls.
After speaking to Roslyn and Trelena, we chased up Sonia Rubbo –a medical student who had arrived yesterday at Mawarnkarra from Sydney. This was a similar interview to the previous one, as James, Nadia and I each asked questions to get some background about her studies and about what she hopes to get out of her visit to Roesbourne. Sonia is a pretty interesting person and I think she is pretty brave to leave the comforting city lifestyle to travel all the way to the Pilbara. The main reason she chose to gain some experience in Roebourne is that it is so different to her life in Sydney.
We left Roebourne at around 2pm and drove to Karratha and I was hoping to follow up on a story about Burrup Fertilizers I wrote earlier in the year. I made a few calls but it turned out they didn’t want anyone publishing information about the particular thing I was inquiring about. I was hoping to have a look at the mine itself but of course I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt instead of the appropriate mining attire. Nadia drove us to the shopping centre in Karratha and her and I were very excited when we realized how many shops Karratha has in comparison to Hedland. We made the most of the hour or so we had there and picked up a few things we could wear for the party we are invited to on the weekend.
We drove back to Port Hedland in the afternoon – with Trudy in the car (Isabelle had left us earlier). We stopped by at the Whym Creek Hotel and Trudy spoke with a few of the locals and told us about some of the place’s history. Whym Creek itself is a mining town and the hotel accommodates many of the workers in the area.
Tonight we decided to return the hospitality we received from the guys who took us fishing and we invited them to our place for a barbeque. We had a chat over a few beers and Nadia, James and I reckon we have expanded our local knowledge extensively – at least when it comes to BHP anyway.
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