Tuesday 24 September 2013

It’s 2056 and Darwin still doesn’t have its promised hoverport…

24 September 2013

Coming Soon 
A short story written by Sophie Constable. 
This is a preview. 

Sophie Constable attended ‘Planting the Seed’, four writing sessions held in the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. She wrote this short story inspired by the rainforest section of the gardens. Sophie is a member of the Northern Territory Writers Centre.

It’s 2056 and Darwin still doesn’t have its promised hoverport…

It’s 2056 and Darwin still doesn’t have its promised hoverport, I thought. Fancy having to transit from a seaplane to a 4WD. 
The seaplane arced over the harbor basin before sinking its belly into the waves. I took in the occasional wooden fishing prow, the derelict apartment buildings above the cliffs as we taxied. Quite the change of scene after the Singapore summit: yesterday I’d been cheering the new Pan-Asian President and today… but you can’t ignore a prime directive from Director Adachi. I grabbed my kit.




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