Four of us booked a private half-day tour with Kimberley. Two of us are great-grandchildren of one of the early missionaries, intent on learning more of life on the mission in the 1880s-1890s. Kimberley led us on a delightful and informative tour that included morning tea and a chat with Mildred (a local indigenous woman with extensive family connections to the mission), a guided tour of the historic precinct, a visit to Bethlehem church with one of its current pastors, and on our return to Alice Springs, an information session with two volunteer historians at the Strehlow Research Centre and Finke River Mission compound. We all thoroughly enjoyed every part of the tour, and highly recommend Kimberley's organisational skills and knowledge of the culture and environment of the Arrernte people.
