All roads really do lead to Halls Creek.
Before I left the city to begin my national tour, I was chatting with a colleague about a separate project we were working on. I mentioned I’d be heading to
Derby to deliver training—and just like that, the conversation opened another door.
“Do you want to deliver in Halls Creek too?”
Absolutely. It was already on my route to Kununurra, so it felt meant to be.
Through the Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia, I was connected with Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service, who hosted Boomerang Consultancy for a four-day Safe and Together CORE Training.
And honestly… this is where it all came together.
I feel deeply grateful for my time in Halls Creek. Supporting local services to strengthen their response to family, domestic and sexual violence is always meaningful—but what made this experience truly powerful was the way First Nations knowledge, perspectives, and ways of working didn’t just sit alongside the training… they led it.
This wasn’t just training.
It was real conversations. Real connections. Real commitment to safer families and stronger communities.
Over four days, we walked through the full journey together:
✨ Day 1 – Foundations: grounding in the Safe and Together Model, preparing for assessments, and understanding the importance of staying anchored in the model’s principles.
✨ Day 2 – Engagement: developing interview skills, clarifying the purpose of engagement, and mapping perpetrator patterns across conversations with men, victim survivors, and children.
✨ Day 3 – Deepening practice: exploring intersections and intersectionality, and building skills in domestic violence-informed documentation using perpetrator mapping tools.
✨ Day 4 – Integration: bringing it all together through case planning, behaviour change strategies, and safety planning for stronger outcomes for families.
Along the way, I had the privilege of connecting with some incredible people. One of the highlights? Unexpectedly running into current and former students from the UWA micro-credential course I’m part of. Let’s just say… I got a pretty warm welcome at the Halls Creek pub—I may have felt like a bit of a movie star for a moment there 😄
I’m still on the road, continuing this journey and looking forward to the next community.
If you’d like Boomerang Consultancy to come your way and deliver training, reach out—I’d love to connect.
And if you’d like to support the journey, you can check out the Boomerang on the Road merch — tote bags and shirts are available now!
Your support truly means everything ❤️
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