The sun was bedding down for the night. Heading for Cann River, I took a left at Point Hicks Track. In my frenzied state of mind, I missed the next turn and ended up on Old Everard Road. Seeing my mistake, I turned into Dinner Creek Track. It was another mistake. I came out on the Thurra Road.
It was surreal. All that bush bright in my headlights, all those twists and turns. I drove for what felt like hours, coming to the end of a track and making a guess at a turn, the girls whimpering on the back seat and my head spinning with the magnitude of the situation, triumph vying with horror in my mind.
I knew, dimly, I needed to find my way onto the Tamboon Road. I chucked a U-turn and went back, determined to get my bearings. When I got to the end of Dinner Creek Track, I did a loop down Old
