“Country Tasmania in the ’70s was the most fortuitous thing that ever happened to us.” Once upon a time, there were three sisters who were utterly inseparable, and also mischievous, bright-eyed, clever and adventurous.
“It’s school holidays,” writes Indira Naidoo, journalist, presenter, author and the eldest of the three. “That magical, parent-free time when the sisters can roam untethered … Perhaps we’ll ride our dragster bikes down to the local creek, where a posse of neighbourhood kids is already gathering. We’ll take turns leaping into the murky currents from a tyre-swing precariously slung over a weeping willow. It gives us rope burns that we parade around like badges of honour … Afterwards – skin tingling from the leached tea tree oil in the creek water soothing our abrasions – it’s…
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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2022