Julie McGregor

A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.

The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney over two days.

Two strangers - one white, one black - steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary doesn’t really care – he just wants to escape. En route, they pick up Gary’s Uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and a young woman who’s running away. Their petty crimes escalate as they go, heading towards disaster.