The Shepparton Koori Court has just completed its first two years of operation, and has been subject to a high level of scrutiny and observation for the purposes of evaluation. This article, by the first magistrate to sit in the Shepparton Koori Court, is written from the point of view of participant observation, and talks about what it has meant to be a part of the development and conversation about the court. The article reflects on innovative aspects of the court with respect to Aboriginal and non Aboriginal participation; the conversation the court is promoting about justice; how the court is involved in delivering the Aboriginal Justice Agreement; cross cultural training issues; the launching of the Koori Court; the development of court processes; and the process of ‘growing up’ the Koori Court. As part of this process, the Yorta Yorta and Bangerang Aboriginal people are confronting and cooperating with the ‘idea’ of a court which is a problem solving agency; a court which is part of and not severable from its community; a court committed to notions of rehabilitation of defendants and the active inclusion of victims. The court continues to grow by force of western notions of development, and to ‘be grown’ by a process of reverse colonisation by Aboriginal people who are slowly and certainly taking control of justice processes and outcomes.