I was 8 years old and astonished. "In Australia,
everything is upside down.
It is positioned below the equator, so when it's
winter here, it's summer
there. And it is so far away, that when it's night
here, it's broad daylight
over there." "Australia..." I tried to taste the word. I dreamt about
it. "The country where everything is upside down. So
where everything is
good. Where the rain falls up and never hits us.
Where they give you money
to take a toy from a store. Where the children are
smarter than the
teachers. Where parents love eachother." That's
where I wanted to go.