4:20 Friday

…The night is a resounding success. We fill the car with food and only get yelled at by a security guard once. We get back to the house, tired, smelly, and smeared with yoghurt, but victorious. Bread, fruit, vegetables, watermelon, strawberries, meat, sausages, a pork roast, a leg of lamb, eggs, cakes, muffins, milk, chocolates……

Vodka & Lost Teeth – Poochera, Australia

…’I have never hitchhiked’, Vladimir says.  ‘Only once.  It was during my time in the military.  I joined the Serbian patriots when I was just turned fifteen.  Tito was my commandant at that time’… ‘Poochera.  I sleep here once with my wife’ Vladimir muses.  ‘I think was here…’ Poochera is an almost non-existent settlement on…

The Killer – Eden, Australia

…It sounds like your car is having many problems, says Horst. Yeah, I love her but she’s a fuckin’ piece of shit, says the driver, and cracks open another beer on the dashboard.  Couldn’t get her through rego’ last time.  So if you see any coppers, fuckin’ let me know.  Bastards busted me driving without…

Exotic Scenery – Melbourne, Australia

Looks exotic doesn’t it?   India?  Pakistan?  Turkey?Actually its the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia!We had a slow time getting a ride the evening before.   Night fell, and Nia and I kept trying for an hour or so after dark, but no luck. We found a patch of waste ground on the side of the road,…