Post Impressions

An American woman and an Australian man set out to explore and perform on the giant musical instruments covering the continent of Australia: fences. In pursuit of their instruments, including the rabbit-proof fence and the 3,300-mile-long dingo fence, the duo survive several boggings, a fly plague, a flea infestation, deadly snakes and crocodiles, heatstroke, floods, storms, bush fires, and their own ignorance. They travel 25,000 miles, engaging with a flying priest, an auctioneer, an Aboriginal gumleaf virtuoso, the first piano in Central Australia, a singing dingo, fence runners, and other colorful bush personalities. They enjoy al fresco meals washed down with fine Australian wines as they discover the colors of sky and earth, the songs of birds, and the essential virtues of the fly veil. Their travelogue, by turns bent and thoughtful, includes a bonus DVD of 40 outback fence performances, 88 color photos, and fence music and birdsong transcriptions.