Half an hour before Cooktown Vit and I stop for lunch and I drink my first real coffee for the trip. A mobile phone rings and we both cringe…back in civilisation. We pass through Cooktown and go to Hope Vale to visit the Cape York Digital Network (cydn) office there. Weeks ago in Sydney I met up with a woman called Gaye White who is working in partnership with cydn and the development of the centre. I think this is an areas IBM could really contribute to and she suggested I visit the centre. Liz and Nelson work there and they showed be around. It is very well set up with two rooms with computers, the smaller is going to be used for training, the larger for general use. It has only been open for six weeks (after being locked up for months unattended) and kids are already coming in there after school or if they miss their bus to school or are suspended the are using the space to work on school projects or pursue other educational and creative interests via the internet. There is also a radio station and a recording studio there. Liz and Nelson have big plans but it is early days yet and like everything there are always processes, procedures and politics that need to be nutted out first.
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