Walina
Walina is another pool of the Maitland River. There are memories of my father, mother - everyone have a dinner in this river now. We used to come here, with aunties and uncles, happy times, swim in the river, fish, cook the fish. Go back to swimming again, have a little bit of a rest in this river. Go swimming again, it was during the hot, hot days, summer time. - Pansy Hicks
Cherreta Pool Cherreta Pool is on the Maitland. We used to come here when we was young, with the old people. There was a watermelon patch which was there, we used to come here and get some watermelons. The old people chuck some seed
Pansy Hicks at Cherreta Pool
when they see the clouds, when the rain come down it make the plant grow up, and there are many, many watermelons then. When the river is running everyone come here, camp, other river, this is a good place, there is a lot of water in this river. We caught some fish here, big ones, over where the rocks are, we used to go there fishing, get plenty of them. Come Pansy Hicks and Keith Churnside at Walina
back and cook it, we come here now; my sons take me down there to where the big gum trees are. - Pansy Hicks
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