Like the shadow of a bird

... lying on a bed of sheep dunk under a square-shaped mosquito net looking through the dry branches of our tree into the night sky and the sheet lightning in the far distance... (from CAMPING IN AN OLD RIVER BED)

Being a young engineer the author immigrated to Australia. A strange country to Europeans, but due to the ïeasy way of livingï ideal for young blokes being away from home for the first time. Lots of work, lots of money, lots of fun. (Australian girls were attracted by young European blokes.)
Hitch-hiking around the Australian continent, an old guitar around the shoulders, a dismantled rifle in the backpack. 10.000 miles on in red dirt roads sitting on an open cargo space on top of overland trucks.
Night-time camping in the bush cooking on an open fire and sleeping under a mosquito net.