TOBARWYNANDBACK

I don't remember when I first rode a bike exactly. I have this memory of my big sister dinking me down Paine Street in Ayr, dust flicking up around us until I slid straight off the back and grazed my face. We laughed afterwards at how I kept moving forward along the ground because of the inertia. I also remember hooning around on bikes we found under Nana and Grandad's house in Kilkivan, speeding down the dirt track to our cousins', and then out for exploring cattle dips and sheds or just playing spoons and making plays. I remember spending full days in the cubby house dad built for us in Ayr around our mango tree, mum bringing us cheese and Vegemite crackers and Nana Pat screeching for us to evacuate when she spied a snake nearby. Once, when I was climbing the barbed wire fence to our neighbours' yard, I slipped and cut my leg open on a piece of wire and Blake Kelly's dad had to unhook me, leaving a hefty scar, which I love. I was so proud going to school and telling my mates how many..

Primary location: Brunswick Australia