Here is a little of what's behind the book Waiting for Chicken Smith. You may like to read it on holidays, or the next time you sit down with a chocolate milk, potato scallops and/or cup of hot chips. Wait one hour before going back into the surf.
Surfers Paradise petrol station, c1990s. (Photo: Sasha Middleton).
Collection of shells. Waiting for Chicken Smith, 2018.