Afro Dite And The Rainbow Serpent: Wal Cherry

They decided to call the fishing boat Aphrodite. But when Mac and Tunny took possession, they found Joe had got it wrong and there it was across the stern for-bloody-ever: Afro Dite. Tunny was furious. He should've written it down for Joe. This story, set on the northern coast of New South Wales, is the story of two boats: one a bark canoe built by an Aborigine before white settlement, the other a fishing boat restored in 1956. Both represent the fulfillment of their owners' dreams and both boats are doomed. The interwoven narratives in this tale are linked by Aboriginal boy Lance, a descendant of the canoe builder and who works as a hand on the Afro Dite. Cover art: Ngalyod and the Great Wave by Darian Causby.