All in a day's work or Lost: some big white marbles.

Update: We've spread ourselves out a bit, with some new blogs. Trouble has one of her own, all about work. Anybody here is welcome to read. Just ask.

Today was the culmination of several weeks of work for us on a project we initiated - the return to their communities of origin of 17 indigenous artefacts held (in custodianship) by the Bugsplat Visitor Centre. It's been a very intense few weeks for Trouble and Just Jo working on this project. In the agreement brokered last week there were a dozen stakeholders reaching agreement from very different philosophical, moral, cultural and political perspectives. (HEY! That sounds familiar! That could be Polly making any decision at all, no matter how trivial. No wonder we're GOOD at this stuff.) And today was the day the artefacts left the Bugsplat Visitor Centre and the end of an era.

It was meaningful and challenging work and we're glad these precious items are going home to their people where they will be cherished and respected and are no longer on display to the general public. I'm glad they're less vulnerable to theft too. I will no longer run into the collection room, every morning, just to see that they are okay. It was a good day. It's been great to work with the local indigenous community and I have met some great people along the way.