This episode is all about winning and losing, and not just on the footy field. The episode kicks off in unique fashion, with a split screen of Lauren’s and Ned’s lives as they currently live apart, showing the contrast in Ned competently looking after Leroy and his boys, and Lauren struggling to look after Taya. Daffy and Trevor push Lauren
Read moreIn earlier blog posts, I talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run challenge, the Conqueror Virtual Challenges, as well as my completion of the following challenges: I have since completed my forty-fourth Conqueror Virtual Challenge, Victoria Falls. The Victoria Falls Virtual Challenge takes participants on a “journey to one of the wildest places on Earth.” I
Read moreIn earlier blog posts, I talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run challenge, the Conqueror Virtual Challenges, as well as my completion of the following challenges: I have since completed my forty-third Conqueror Virtual Challenge, Bali. The Bali Virtual Challenge takes participants from “Denpasar to Tanah Lot on a 50-mile route through temple paths, rice
Read moreWrite a poem inviting people to an exotic place full of fabulous sights and smells.* This poem was written from the perspective of a character from a far away town travelling to and spending time at the beach for the first time in their life. A Day in Paradise Welcome to the beach! I know you’ve travelled far from a
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – January 2025 short story competition was as follows: *** A Day in Paradise Welcome to the beach! I know you’ve travelled far from a town far away. Enjoy the sights, smells, sounds and textures on this amazing, sunny day! Welcome to the beach! I know you’ve travelled far, to see the big,
Read moreThis episode is all about discoveries, good and bad. The episode kicks off with Taya’s footy game, and Leroy and Ned arguing over Ned’s coaching style, as Taya has scored the team’s only point and they have lost by over 50 points. Later, Cowboy surprises Lauren at the supermarket to cash in his favour, telling her to register a horse
Read moreThis episode is all about ‘faking it until you make it’ in a variety of ways. The episode kicks off with Lauren pretending to be sick on the day of a local fundraiser, so she has the time to sneak off to the Tiwi Islands to see Jarad Kirilima. However, Daffy immediately knows she’s faking it, and makes up her
Read moreThe job of a penultimate episode is to act as a springboard for the season (and in this case, series) finale. Whilst it was rushed, this penultimate episode provided some decent springboards for the finale. The episode kicks off with Real Nathan’s captivity and torture at the hands of Horizen being shown, with the reveal that Horizen’s new MRI technology
Read moreThis episode, which marks the halfway point of the season, is all about Taya’s ninth birthday. The episode kicks off with Lauren and Ned getting ready for Taya’s birthday party, with Ned having stayed up all night to bake her three-tier birthday cake and make healthy snacks for her friends to eat. Ned tells Lauren that his mother, Annie, is
Read moreThis episode sees Lauren, Ned and Taya eventually getting into a rhythm as a family. The episode kicks off with Lauren and Ned trying to have sex in the campervan, only to be interrupted by Taya coming in and throwing a frog at them thinking it’s the devil. The episode then cuts to Lauren getting a call from Taya’s school
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