Epigraph:
This ancient parched landscape, kissed awake by a deluge of rains, is teeming with life, busily celebrating its rebirth at the pace of those who know they have much to do in an uncertain lifespan...germinate, grow, flower, weed, breed and deliver the next generation, before the sun sucks the desert dry again.' –Janet Hawley, Hotel Du Lac Eyre (1989)