Kangaroo Land Blurb (Travelogue)

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Hope quits England and with an oversized backpack heads to Sydney.  Unfortunately her initial stay is with hip-swinging Tatum, who has unique capabilities of transforming herself into the most irritating, whining person ever.

Keen to experience the flamboyant, outrageous gay side of life, Hope takes on the role of fake-lesbian.  Her purpose is to gain entry into the famous Mardi Gras party.  The party is an eye-opener: gorgeous men wearing hardly a thing, drugs, chatted up by a lesbian, and drag queens with the best legs ever.

She visits Ten Pound Poms, as history named the Brits who left England’s wet climate for Australia’s barren land.  This period is emotionally touching when the families proudly show off their adopted country and make her welcome into their lives.

Eventually she begins her true purpose – to backpack Australia.  It entails sleeping rough, choosing the worse hostels ever, meeting bed-hopping bus drivers, and being pulled by an Aborigine.  Her travelling-life becomes intertwined with folk from across the world:  Fake Jane, Sex Mad Janet, The Mental Gang, doped-up-to-the-eyeballs Polly Pecker, heart-throb Lazarro and backpacking Tallullah, who believes bonking the driver means certain privileges. 

It becomes a trip Hope never forgets.