Ua hoʻomaka paha ka nūpepa noʻu ma ke kaʻaahi Bondi i ka Pōʻaono. ʻO kēia ka lā e nalowale ai nā kāne makua o Bondi. E hoʻokomo lākou i nā pāpale panama haiki a poʻo i nā heihei ma Randwick a i ʻole The Hill ma Sydney Cricket Ground, ka mea maikaʻi loa o Australia. A i ʻole, e hele pololei lākou i nā hale pāʻani lōʻihi i kapa ʻia ʻo Royal and Tea Gardens a me Billy the Pigs, a i nā hui Returned Services League kahi i hoʻokani ʻia ai ka "Last Post" i kēlā me kēia napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, ma hope o ka chook raffle. He huakaʻi hauʻoli ia. E nānā au i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o nā kāne i nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa me nā papa e holo ana me ka pōʻino me ka wikiwiki a ua holo ma luna o ʻelua o kaʻu mau ʻīlio. ʻO koʻu makemake e hana i nā trams.
ʻAʻole au i hauʻoli i ka lawe ʻana i nā nūpepa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi pahu huaʻai e holo ana ma luna o nā beʻa kinipopo, e huki ana ma nā alanui o nā hale piliki i ke akepaʻa e pilau i ka nui o ke kāpeti i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka hoʻopunipuni ʻo ia ke kīwī ʻana i kahi Australian Women's Weekly i ʻōwili ʻia, he pahi kaua weliweli, no laila ua nalo ʻo ia i nā kini waiu, kekahi me ka lace doilies, a me ka ʻīlio ʻīlio. Ua paʻakikī. ʻAʻohe mea paʻi a nui ka hoʻopiʻi. Akā ma nā kaʻa kaʻa he ʻokoʻa; ʻO kēia ka hana hoʻonani i mālama ʻia e nā keikikāne nūpepa ʻaʻole he keikikāne. Ua ʻaʻahu lākou i nā kāmaʻa kahiko kahiko a ua paʻa mau ko lākou mau lehelehe i ka nicotine; a lele lākou ma luna o nā papa holo ma waena o Waverley cricket oval a me Nick the fruitologist's, a i ka wā e kāʻei ana ke kaʻaahi ma ke kāʻei ʻana, lele lākou me he mea lā. ʻAʻole lākou i kānalua a he ʻano kā lākou. Ma ka Poaono, i ko lakou kuai ana i na nupepa kakahiaka o na pepa ahiahi, ka Sydney Sun and Mirror, ua hooho lakou, "Hereyar, Sunormirror, na mea hoomaka a me na mea holo lio a me kekahi meatasiton." Ua hele au ma ke ala kaʻaahi Bondi i kekahi lā. Ua lōʻihi ka hele ʻana o nā trams, ʻaʻole naʻe ko lākou mau phantoms. Hoʻomaka wau i kahakai, kahi aʻu i hoʻomaka ai e ʻike i koʻu kūʻokoʻa i ka piʻi ʻana i nā pyramid o nā nalu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a i ʻole ma nā ʻoihana hoʻomāinoino e pili ana i laila. I nā manawa pōkole, ua hāʻawi nā kahakai i kā mākou alter egos hedonistic. Ma Sydney, ʻo ko lākou ʻokoʻa ʻaʻole lākou he mau hōkele a he mau wahi ākea āpau, ʻaʻole like ma Kaleponi a me ʻEulopa. Ma waho aʻe o nā ʻauʻau ʻauʻau i kēia lā, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a momona pinepine, aia kahi ʻike o ke kūlanakauhale haʻahaʻa o Sydney i noho ai: ʻo ia ka pena like ʻole a me nā maka hopohopo o ka poʻe mahuka, e ʻimi ana i nā pale lace i nā semis kahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai ke kukui. .
Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kikoo o ka tramline a nānā aku iā ia e like me kāu e hana nei ma kahi ʻeli archaeological. Ua nalowale wau i ka piʻi ʻana i ke alanui Denham a me ke Aliʻi, kahi i hoʻopau ai nā kaʻaahi i nā mea inu no ka Six O'Clock Swill (pani nā hale ʻaina i ka ʻeono). I koʻu wā kamaliʻi nūpepa, ua ʻae ʻia au i loko o nā hale pāʻani. ʻO koʻu makuahine, he wahine, ua pāpā ʻia, ʻokoʻa ka lumi wahine wale nō ma hope. I nā lā Sābati, lawe koʻu makuakāne iā ia i waho a i ʻole, inā he mau mea kā lākou e kūkākūkā ai, he DA (ale ʻaina). "Hereyar, Sunormirror," e hoʻōho wau, "nā mea hoʻomaka a me nā mea holo a i ʻole kekahi meatasiton." A i koʻu hoʻi ʻana mai i ka hale i kēlā Pōʻaono, me koʻu ʻaʻahu haehae a me nā kuli e kahe ana ke koko, pono iaʻu e hoʻoponopono i kaʻu moʻolelo, me ka ʻike ʻana o ka hāʻule ʻana mai kahi kaʻaahi ma luna o koʻu alo, me koʻu mau Lā a me nā aniani e puhi ana ma ka hema, he mea kūpono ia. I ka nānā ʻana o ka mea hoʻokele kaʻaahi i koʻu mau lālā, ua puka mai kekahi wahine mai Manhattan Flats me ke kīʻaha kī a ʻōlelo mai ua laki au i ke ola. "ʻO ʻoe ke keiki a Elsie, ʻaʻole anei?" wahi āna. A laila, manaʻo wau ua make au. I kekahi lā aʻe, ma ka Manhattan Flats, kā lākou mau mea ʻino, ʻike wau ua kokoke wau i ka home. Ma mua o kahi o ka hale kiʻi art-deco ma mua, aia ke alanui Moore. Ua hāmau i kēia manawa, he ʻauwaha kaua kūloko ma mua, me nā kino a me nā ʻōmole e kuʻi ana i nā paia lahilahi, a me nā kāne maka opaque i hoʻi mai ke kaua me nā Kepani, e puka ana ko lākou mau iwi ʻaoʻao, a me nā wahine kaumaha i nā pale. ʻAʻole i hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo nani o ka Pākīpika Hema, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kūkulu hou ʻia ma waena o nā kapuahi puhi ahi a me nā dunnies ikaika.
Kū wau ma waho o ka hale liʻiliʻi a ʻeleʻele ma Moore Street kahi aʻu i ulu ai. Ua hala ke kaupaku hao, a i ole ia, ua loli iki; ʻo ka pahu lāʻau kahiko i loaʻa i ka mika kinoea, kahi aʻu i makemake ai e noho e kali ana i ka poʻe e hoʻi mai i ka home, aia ma laila. Nana aku la au ia ia, a ma na papa pukaaniani hookahi, a me na alapii puka aniani e ihi ana, a ma ka puka mua; a ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu ka wiwo ʻole e kikeke ai.