An emu footprint giving hope to a town doing it tough

Baakandji Elders Uncle Eddy Harris, Aunty Shirley Evans and Uncle Waddy Harris call Wilcannia home. (Stuart Walmsley/AAP PHOTOS)

The tiny town of Wilcannia in north western NSW is easy to miss - within seconds, a passing vehicle is in one end and out the other. 

But visitors who make a turn at the post office and meander down a trail end up under the shade of elder gums by the Darling-Baaka River, the Baakandji people's "mother".