A LONG WALK THROUGH A SHORT HISTORY

In The Summer Of 1981 Will Traverse Set Out To Walk Across The City Of Brisbane; A Journey That Took Him From An Aboriginal Bora Ground In The Samford Valley West Of The City Through The City Centre And On To A Midden On Stradbroke Island.At That Time Brisbane A Small City Under The Yoke Of An Ultra-Conservative State Government Was Transitioning From What Many Called That Great Big Country Town Into What Would Become The Two-Hundred-Kilometre City. Wills Journey Through Time And Space Maps A Unique Portrait Of A City And Its People During This Time Of Change.Along The Way He Met Many Characters Including The Last Samford Dairy Farmer And His Dog A Woman Who Told Him Things Shed Held Secret For Too Long And An American Soldier Whod Been Stationed In Brisbane During The Pacific Campaign. There Were Many Strange Encounters Including A Drunken Game Of Racing Peanuts A Conversation With Six Cane Toads And Monsters In The Night.As He Walked Will Sometimes Recalled Events From His Own Past. Sometimes These Memories Were Pleasant Some Bitter-Sweet But There Was One Concerning A Visit To A Place Of Evil That Haunted Him.