Christian’s euphoria didn’t last long. The next morning, Curly and Bluey returned to Kalgoorlie for the weekend, and Shelly and Len decided at the last minute to go with them.
Christian emerged in the middle of the afternoon, hungover, agitated, bored, and argumentative. He was wearing jeans and a bright orange T-shirt with ‘Brett’s Bucks Party’ across the front. He began drinking almost immediately, and at 5 pm, announced to Simon that he was driving into Norseman to the pub. Then ensued a furious argument.
‘You absolute i***t. You’ve been drinking. Do you want to kill yourself?’
‘I’m okay. I’ve only had a few. Anyway, there’s nothing to do around here.’
‘Nothing to do? So you’re going to risk your life because you’re bored? You’ve run out of dope, haven’t you? That’s why you’re going
