“What makes you happy?” I ask the question of an old woman on a green mountainside beyond the remote village of Same, five hours inland...

Also wrong: ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand. (How would they breathe?) America was not discovered by Christopher Columbus....

It’s probably not safe but it feels great.  Ten year old Brydie and I have somehow managed to jam a foot each onto her scooter and are hurtling down the path beside the ocean, chatting about the reasons why we won’t be flying an Australian flag outside our caravan tomorrow. “It’s a bit sad,” I tell her, dodging pedestrians, dogs and really big bits of bark.  “But these days I just have mixed feelings about the Australian flag and what people are saying when they use it. Austr