Little Nipper.

This is another blip-by-proxy on behalf of my sister. I wanted to share the photo as it highlights how the place where you live impacts your life. Let me explain.

My sister, brother and I grew up in a town called Cloncurry in Queensland. It was a day's drive to the coast and was extremely dry (apart from when the rivers ran during a good wet season).

My sister and I were always quite fearful of the sea, the theme song from jaws was always in the back of my mind whenever I was knee depth in the water. We were always amazed by those who used to swim out past where they could touch the bottom, especially the lifesavers. We were good swimmers but we preferred the town swimming pool instead.

A generation later and Angus & Gwyneth, who are growing up on Maggie island, love the sea! Angus is also a member of little Nippers and will hopefully one day become one of those lifesavers that Georgie & I marvelled at all those years ago.