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1970s/1980s: A fishing trip seals the fate of a longlife friendship
An Open Swimmer
What you need to know before your trail
Jerra and Sean have a strong and longlasting friendship. The bond between them – first forged by their fathers, and later sealed with their blood – is one that looks never to be broken. But growing up has meant growing apart, the differences between them widening, sharpening their teasing words into something crueller and less easy to forgive. A fishing trip seals their fate.
Travel Guide
Rural Australia
This story paints a vivid picture of rural and wild Australia and altogether no sense of location is given, there is a strong sense of setting:
There were clouds, and a chill that hung at the base of the trees. Jerra kindled the fire. Sour ash had sunk into the earth under the dew; sun appeard briefly in a gap in the grey above the hills. A stunted swell struggled through the flecked and flattened surface of the ocean, onto the sandbar, silent, feeble
This place isn’t even on the map. Only things that are are Perth and Kalgoorlie”
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: An Open Swimmer
Destination: Western Australia Author/Guide: Tim Winton Departure Time: 1970s/1980s
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