The photos from the original 1978 trip, and the photos and videos of the subsequent trips and visits, are real. The people are unreal...

So if The Originals ever form a band, I'm proposing the band name 'Strangled Cat and the Hisser' perhaps less of a reference to the resident cat Mia and snake Cheryl, and more of a reference to the sounds which might result from such a collaboration.

Band Members:

The Tony and Gaz - very average guitar

De Goils - backing vocals and visual appeal

Mike on 50% (The Kernel) - rip-off manager, dodgy songwriter, appalling lead vocals.

I reckon we'd be a sensation.

The song of the Sheldon compound.

This poem was written on the banks of Lake Mackintosh, Tasmania, where we camped for a number of days. The photos and videos used were taken by us whilst camped there, 

Written at Moruya Heads in 1978 during a road trip with my old school mate Harry.