TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I
A Brolga in the Clearing
The Plinths
Local Job for a Local Boy
Kooka’s Bright Idea
The Freedom Virus
The Fire Still Burns
A Village Atmosphere
Fourteen Good Luck Spoons
Duchamp the Talking Urinal
No Sheep No Shenanigans No Service
The Blonde Maria
A New Use for Frankincense
False Alarm
Nan’s Towering Inferno
The Lazy Tenor
Italian Yoga
The Little-Girl Voice
Kooka Falls Off His Perch
Holy Bohemian
Kooka Stays Put
Lovesick
Confronting The Blonde Maria
The Beautiful Story-Voice
Like a Dog on Heat
Watching the Gannets
A Black Velvet Session
The Publican and Her Slushy
Naming the Winds
The Garden Party Brawl
Part II
A Gentle and Magical Aftermath
Gravity Feed
Meeting Mr Arvo
The Easy Glory of Her Smile
The Inaugural Mangowak Stoneskimming Championship
The Local Spree
People Are Stupid
The Valley of Vision
The Mangowak Ode
Radios Don’t Broadcast Dreams
A Never Ending Echo
In the Grass-Tree Glade
The Night Is a Different Country
Afterword in Autumn
Author’s Note