The Gidja people of Warmun are happy to be back home after devastating floods - after four months in temporary accommodation, it's a relief to be back on their own land.
But for now temporary dongas are home to 200 people until their houses are rebuilt at a total cost of $75m.
In March floods washed away 85 homes causing extensive damage. There was a mass evacuation and the community had to be closed for a big clean up operation.
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"We started crying, we were really sad, we saw the flood came, and you know pouring through the hill, through the house and we saw everything going" resident Shirley Purdie said.
"In our home and school, pensioner units, disability and they were all covered in water and it was real hard for us."
But the re-building of Warmun is well underway.
To date 17 new homes have been constructed and eight refurbished. For now just a few lucky families get to be back in a house they can call their own:
"It feels like we never left", Joylene Bradshaw said. "But the house it's more bigger. I've got five kids and it's more roomy."
Many of the homes are so badly damaged they will have to be demolished.
The new accommodation, meanwhile, stands on higher ground to avoid being flooded again.
But it's still going to be a tough time ahead for many Warmun residents, who are unable to move into their new homes immediately. The State Government says it's working as hard as possible, but it's simply not able to build all the new homes overnight, even though some of the families in this temporary accommodation find the cramped living conditions hard to handle:
WA's Deputy Premier, Kim Hames, who flew up to Warmun for the celebrations says he understands people's frustrations.
"It's hard for families and children to live in accommodation like that", Hames said. "But they've coped very well, and they're looked after very well the houses in the communities where they were, and we're sure they'll do the same here."
The State Government says new homes will be released in batches over the coming months and it aims to have everyone back into their own house by March next year.
