Gulaga Dreaming
Montague Island
Originally published in Australian CountryExcerpt
The story begins, as it often does, at the pub.
Not a drop had passed her lips, but Susan Gray was intoxicated by The Dromedary Hotel in the tiny timber town of Central Tilba, on the far south coast of NSW. Years of drought had leached away vitality in the public house that had connected history and community with heart for more than 125 years. The paint was peeling. There was a For Sale sign out front.
“I have no idea why Jeremy and I bought it,” Susan confesses. “We were insane .. I hadn’t even pulled a beer behind a bar at that point. Three years later, I still wonder ‘What have we done?’”
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