River days
The pool that kept its own time
Mara arrived with a schedule. The river had prepared something else.
MEVAXORIN PRESENTSORIGINAL RIVER FICTION · AUSTRALIA
The River Ruckus picturehouse
BIG FISH.
SMALL BOAT.
Lovely trouble.
“We packed
for a quiet day.”
Meet Mara, Len and a river that never reads the plan. Illustrated adventures with enormous bass, tiny mishaps and room to wander.
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Small mishaps
A hat, a branch and an opinionated bird
Len’s best river hat acquired a new admirer, and not a particularly polite one.
Big Bass tales
The silver interruption
For one bright second, every carefully prepared sentence disappeared.
River days
The weather on the tin roof
Rain cancelled the plan and gave the afternoon a better soundtrack.
Big Bass tales
Under the red bridge
A familiar crossing looked entirely different from the water below.
Small mishaps
The pelican and the borrowed boot
The jetty’s least qualified inspector found a serious problem with Len’s footwear.
MARA / NOTEBOOK KEEPERMeet your travelling company
She brings a pencil.
He brings a story.
“Len says we’re nearly there. His definition of ‘nearly’ includes lunch.”
Mara notices the small details. Len knows every bend and still gets surprised. The fish have their own ideas about both of them.
Meet the castA pair of small disasters
Excellent views.
Questionable footwear.
05Under the red bridge
Look down. A familiar crossing has a very unfamiliar resident.
Take the water route06The pelican’s inspection
One bird. One boot. Absolutely no respect for personal property.
Find the missing bootThe prop department
Nothing in this box
was part of the plan.
A chipped lure, an empty notebook and a compass that always attracts an opinion. Open a drawer for a tiny story behind the scenery.
The chipped lure
Len calls it a lucky lure. Mara points out that it has spent three trips attached to the same branch.
The blank page
A page kept empty on purpose leaves room for the thing nobody expected. Mara packs two pencils for exactly this reason.
The pocket compass
It can point north. It cannot settle the question of which bank has the better lunch spot.
A map with no deadlines
Where does the river take you?
This is a fictional route through the stories, not a map for travel or fishing.
After the final splash
The quieter scenes
get their moment, too.
Let the lanterns come on. A river adventure can end with a cup of tea, an unfinished conversation and no urgent reason to leave.
Stay for the rainA bend beyond the last bend.
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