Walgett.. another eventful time!

We have been doing the freedom ride for about 5 days now. The feeling is surreal! We have just left Walgett and are now heading for Collaranebrei. There were quite a few negatives from this stop. The local returned Services league (RSL) club refused entry to us the aboriginal people, including aboriginal ex servicemen who had participated in world war I and world war II (Anderson, Et, Al, p. 129 2008). Perkins then led the riders in a forming picket line outside the club (Anderson, Et, Al, p. 129 2008) .  When they refused us we were holding posters up saying things like "Aborigines also fought", "Bullets did not discriminate" (Anderson, Et, Al, p. 129 2008). I remember the poster i held up said "Good enough for Tobruk, why not the RSL?". This definitely was the worst day we had yet. I didn't think that we could be refused by the RSL especially if our aboriginals helped fight for the country! I am beginning to really see for myself that our Aboriginal Australians are not being treated right, they have done nothing to be rejected and felt worthless.  I hope that we get a much more positive response from Collaranebrei than we did from Walgett.  We aren't asking for too much we just want justice!

   This is an image that displays the posters that the participants of the freedom ride were holding up