On Friday, the school anxiously watched as they launched their stingy bark canoe built by hand.  

The school’s Aboriginal services worker Nindarra Wheatley said the students “absolutely loved it”. 

“I really wanted to show the kids at the school how we used to build things out of all natural materials,” she said. 

“They were mesmerised that you could actually do something out of bark and reeds and it would actually float.” 

Materials for the canoe were collected from another teacher’s property.

The canoe has been a “work-in-progress” for about 12 months and was funded by Aboriginal Services.