Mountford wrote about such a camel ride which took place for a school picnic early in their visit to the area:

The camels were fully laden. On the leader was my wife, with one child before and another behind her, and everywhere they could be tied were slabs of raw meat, billycans, and small bags of flour...Neidi, a boy of about twelve, appointed himself my wife's escort. He helped her over the rough, tumbled boulders, offered her his hand in the steepest places, and pointed out the best footholds, watching carefully lest she should slip. It was an incongruous yet pleasing sight; the lithe, naked aboriginal boy attending my wife with all the courtesy that one would accord a queen...one of the many examples of courtesy we later experienced while living with those native people. (Brown Men and Red Sand, pp. 33-34)

During the Expedition, Bessie Mountford spent time with the local Aboriginal women and children of the Ernabella Mission Station. She took photographs and recorded her experiences and interactions in a diary kept during her visit (see PRG 487/1/6).