You see a ship. A great BIG ship. There is a large wooden deck, and on it is a couple of 1780s small round tables and matching chairs. Piercing into the sky is a flag pole with the British flag rustling calmly in the wind. The bow of the ship reaches out, almost, into the audience. Bellow, is the hull, which exterior is unfinished so that you see the inside of the ship and the crew's cabins. The ship is gently rocking on the sea. In the background are the sounds of a gentile breeze, the lapping of waves on the side of the ship, a flock of distant seagulls, and the creaking of the deck.
It is 1789, a year after the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia. Aboriginal man of the Eora clan, Berenger, has been invited by his close friend, Botard - Captain of the HMS Siruis - to join him on his journey to England.
24/6/11
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