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Our story began during a scorching summer in the mozzie-infested, outback town of Alice Springs. I just got off the Stuart highway, seeking out a place to crash for the night. Pax was barking obnoxiously from the back of my ute – typical. “If ya keep that up, you’ll be sleeping out ‘ere for a week” I’d said to him, but he was a stubborn collie. I took the chain from the trailer and whistled the rowdy dog along, following the concrete path towards a sign reading, ‘MOTEL – ROOMS AVAILABLE!’. There was a mustard Ford Cortina parked out front. W...
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