Stripped bare, the wind at their naked backs, the two girls peered downwards - past the cliff face, past the edge of the rock and into the sea below. The grey ocean crashed and swelled with great ceremony, its roar echoing into nothingness beneath a sky that threatened to open at any moment.

Jump rock, as it had always been known, was a rocky outcrop that jutted out from the headland into a deep...

To those who read this letter, likely long after I have passed beyond - I do not ask for forgiveness or for absolution. My days continue to draw to a close and I am ill of health, but in the face of it all I am at peace within myself.

I know that with this I will face the ire of a few and the judgement of many, but some things cannot go unwritten in perpetuity. I write this so that there may be a...

It seemed as if the entire town had turned out, filling the council chambers and spilling out onto the street, chattering in anticipation. It hadn’t been since the days of the war that the sleepy town of Mundurah had seen such turnout.

The crowd fell silent as the Mayor began to speak. Such a thing was unusual in itself, but this wasn’t a normal day.

“It is the decision of this council that b...

I told you we should have gotten on that other bus”, said James. “I _told_ you - now I don’t even know where we’re going.”

“…How many times have you said ‘I told you so’ since we left? I dunno what happened, I must have misunderstood the map or something”.

“Well, we’re lost now”, said James.

“Looks like it”, said Riley, peering out the window and yawning into the day. Squinting from bleary eye...