Of all the community visits the West Coast Eagles participate in this season, today’s journey out to the remote Bidyadanga Aboriginal settlement will be difficult to beat, in terms of impact.

Another hour further south of Eco Beach Resort, where the club has been based for the last three days, it doesn’t get much more remote than Bidyadanga.

Most of the tiny community, where alcohol and drugs are banned, ventured out to the primary school to catch a glimpse of the visiting players.

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On a normal Friday, the school could expect somewhere between 50 and 60 students to attend. Today, there were 130 highly enthusiastic children, ranging in age from kindergarten to senior high school.

They welcomed a party of 15 players and officials with a beautifully performed song which espoused the virtues of attending school as opposed to skipping it.

The players then engaged in a coaching clinic on the school oval where super boot Quinten Lynch rounded it off with a couple of long bombs to demonstrate how far he could propel the ball.

While none at Bidyadanga had seen an AFL game live, they all knew the identity of the players and many were sporting West Coast apparel.

Despite the oppressive heat, it was one of the great experiences of the camp and will leave a lasting impression on all involved.

That school visit came a couple of hours after another early morning beach session at the resort, the highlight being a competition where footballs had earlier been buried in the sand and the players were challenged to find them.

A couple of sessions based around strategy and game plan will follow, with the camp concluding with a skills session in Broome tomorrow.