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...tune with "what's me and what isn't." Take competing, for example. Though she took it up only when she came to Gerringong, she's now devoted to surfing. And she's good at it. Other beachgoers say she's probably the best female surfer in town; certainly the keenest. But when friends urge her to enter competitions, she just shakes her head. "Competition isn't me," she says...
...East Kimberley, as in many remote places, Australian Rules is a bonding force. At Halls Creek, Centennial Oval bursts into life on winter Saturdays, as footy fans from outlying areas make the trip to town. "Aboriginal people live, breathe and sleep football," says Warren Greatorex, an assistant coach and player with the Halls Creek Hawks. "Football keeps small communities going." The Hawks play in a bush league of seven, with three teams from Kununurra and one each from Wyndham, Timber Creek (N.T.) and Warmun. In these parts, says Derby-born Greatorex, indigenous players are athletic and naturally skilful. In spite...
...crowd more effectively because you've got respect in the community. They know who you are. They don't just see you as some robotic cop depriving people of their liberty." Three other officers are also involved in the club, whose player base is as diverse as the town's-teenagers, teachers, tradesmen, and bureaucrats. Shane Pickett, 19, is one of the club's bright talents and a good role model for younger kids...
...Shane's got a lot of potential as a player and a person," says Greatorex. After two years in Halls Creek, the constable first class sees among the town's youth little ambition to succeed-or desire to leave. In the dying light, Clinton Cox's small posse of junior Auskick players are making way on the field for the senior squad. "So much talent goes to waste around here," Greatorex says. "I see it every day. The ones that make it are kids who have strong family support from an early...
...Which makes the town's main social event, the annual Eucla Golf Day in May, something of a wingding. They've even had clergymen from Esperance, 900 km away, drive in for the bash, which last year raised $A5,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Considering the state of the rocky course spiked with grass (fairway 9 also doubles as a rifle range, but not on the same day), that says a lot about the town's ability to put on a party spread. Even the police are roped in for the occasion. "Before Golf...