Acknowledgments: 'The Motorcycle Cafe' and 'Thieves' have appeared in slightly different forms in Australian Short Stories, and 'The White Aeroplane' in Latitudes: New Writing from the North, eds Susan Johnson and Mary Roberts (UQP. 1986). Portions of 'Close to the Road' have appeared in Chimera Literary Magazine (Brisbane, 1983).
Sincere gratitude to Georgia 'Jackie' Savage for her wisdom.