About 50 people took the opportunity to reflect on National Reconciliation Week and what it means to them when they took part in a sombre walk across Dr Geoffrey Hunter Bridge on Tuesday morning.
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The Moree Walk for Reconciliation is a brand new event on Moree's Reconciliation Week calendar, and aimed to recreate the 2000 Walk for Recreation across Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The idea was that of Moree Reconciliation Week committee co-chair Glen Crump, who thought it'd be a great way to lead into the popular Moree Secondary College Reconciliation Week Cook-Off at Kirkby Park.
"19 years ago we did it here in Moree, in conjunction with the Sydney Harbour 2000 bridge walk," he said.
"I'd heard a number of communities had started doing it again, so I thought it'd be a good way to lead into the big event today.
"It's time to have a silent walk and reflect on this year's theme about truth-telling, and for people to share their stories as they walk together."
Mr Crump was pleased with the turn-out, considering it's the first event of its kind in 19 years, and said there was a good mix of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Among the walkers were the Department of Education's David Crowe and John Lynch, as well as a number of CEOs and high-ranking people in various government and non-government agencies in Moree.
