BLUE SKIES OVER BENDIGO
Driving on the Calder Freeway towards the Macedon Ranges, we emerge from under the thick cloud that looms over Melbourne into a blue ocean of sky. It’s like an unveiling, as dramatic as a stage curtain swept back to reveal in floodlit brilliance, nature’s first Act. The morning sun beams through the windscreen, warm on my black pants. Feeling a rush of excitement for the day ahead I charge my psyche into performance mode, harnessing a potent mix of uncertainty, anticipation and fear. We’re heading for Bendigo’s Australia Day celebrations at Lake Weeroona. A four hour gig.
Isobel is dressed elegantly, head-to-toe in white, her sweet face obscured behind her sunglasses. With her hands clasped tightly in her lap she has the appearance of an honorary guest without the
