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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Travel / Writing
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Mr Cool the Circus Handi"The circus comes to town. I hear that locals are being hired so I take", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 18)
Limelighti""Round the corner, white boy." And we do, into an alley and park the", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Three New Edeni"I've heard about this cheap hotel in Nairobi, The Iqbal. But there's an", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Pro-Kiti"Late Saturday night. Out of the whorehouse and into my car. A cop", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Crowbari"It was Tom's first job, and there, sticking up like sore thumbs in the back", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 22)
Seven Stars on His Foreheadi"Carnival inspectors! Ralph and I start the evening drinking Meisterbrau", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 22)
Matesi"Working on the Wildcat at Luna Park. Two drunk mates stumble into", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Thiefi"Paul, Rob and I have asked the forest rangers for permission to climb", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Specimeni"A souvenir from Iraq or Iran-amoebic dysentery. By the time I get to", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Cannoni"Ralph and I have constructred a Civil War cannon; it's only about one", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Cannonballi"It's easily pried loose from its pyramid in front of the courthouse and", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 27)
Heavy Artilleryi"Hastings Street. My sixteenth birthday. I'm here on business. Ralph,", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 27)
Magic Mushroomsi"Pokhara, Nepal. Eight mushrooms purchased from a boy on his way to", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 28)
Our Heroi"Augustus is famous for lighting his stove. "Hey, come and watch;", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 28)
Pygmiesi"Zaire, 1974. A tribe of about twenty out along the road. We stop the", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 29)
One of the Great Mysteriesi"Into a crowded hillbilly bar, Ralph holding one end of an eight-foot", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 30)
Hoboingi"Jake is his name and he's a real hobo, has been riding the rails for years,", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 30)
My First Freighti"Only twelve years old and we're already hard-core school-skippers. With", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 31)
Easy Ridersi"Tex, born and raised in Michigan, owns two horses and a horse-trailer", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 31)
The Farm Enginei"Another addition to my collection of farm engines-but the farmer,", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 32)
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