On an earlier school excursion, Peter accompanied the older children to what they call "The Block" where they joined up with other local primary schools to do a bit of landcare. First they learned from an indigenous family how to make small stone knives by shipping thin pieces off hard rock, as was done long ago by the original inhabitants. Then they were each given a tree seedling to plant to help return this area of bush back to its natural condition. As a reward after all the learning and community work, they were divided into mixed groups (mixed schools and genders) to make huts out of what had been cut down recently. The children had a ball and will remember this day as something special in their primary school experience.
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