Ah... "A Town Like Alice"... one of my favorite books.
We have friends who lived in Alice until returning to NZ.
You are a fortunate man! "A bonzer town!"
I have two old taped films, part 1 and part 2, of A Town Like Alice. It was on TV many years ago and I loved it so I taped it. Will look for the book. Didn’t realize it was from a book. Bryan Brown was so good in the movie.