HEADING into round nine, injured Melbourne footballers Christian Petracca and Jack Trengove spent two days visiting the Alice Springs community.

Arriving in Alice Springs on Thursday, the pair drove 90 minutes out of town to the remote community of Hermannsburg.

VIDEO: Watch part two of the Alice Springs community visit

Here, Trengove and Petracca met children from the community at the local health station and spoke to them about the message of “clean faces, strong eyes”, which works to reduce the occurrence of trachoma.

Friday’s activities kicked off with a visit to CAAMA Radio, an Indigenous radio station which reaches many remote communities.

Petracca and Trengove were interviewed and spoke about the importance of trachoma awareness, their work in the community and their football journeys.

Later in the day, the players visited Amoonguna School and ran a Read Like a Demon session with the students.

Following the session, the pair conducted a football clinic with some of the school’s older students.

Trengove and Petracca then visited School of the Air, a centre in Alice Springs which provides online education to children in remote communities.

The players were video conferenced into various homes and community precincts in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, with children able to ask questions and interact with Petracca and Trengove via the video conference.

Petracca and Trengove then joined the team at the club’s open training session at TIO Traeger Park Oval, which was followed by a super clinic with 200 primary school children.

The day ended with a Forum for 35 community football ambassadors, which featured a Q&A session about Melbourne’s work in the community and its football programs, including women’s football.

Petracca and Trengove’s visits were all part of the club’s community work within the Northern Territory.