Ithad been our spot for years—a little cove a mile's walk from a morepopular and crowded beach on the reef, where tidal pools teemed withsea stars and urchins, and the craggy jetty separated us from theworld, creating our own private paradise of friends, music and endlessocean.  As kids we would dare each other to dive deeper or swim farther,bring up "treasure" from the reef; play tackle frisbee or beachvolleyball, rugby, football; lay in the sand and wish for summer loveto blossom. Now, years on, it had become a place of mythical nostalgia. 

 

AsI parked the car, slipped on my suit and headed out, the sun was justbeginning to sink into the surf. Rounding the farthest point in thecove I could see a small group of figures hunched darkly over a pile ofdriftwood.  Someone struck a match and suddenly the bone dry brancheslit the dusk with the flames of a blossoming bonfire.  I drew nearer,and could see the familiar faces of summers past,now all grown up, butmore beautiful than ever in the glow of the fire.  

 

Someonehad brought a guitar, and, as was only natural, a rowdy chorus of"Waltzing Matilda" ensued. But soon the music grew more subdued, and Ifound myself on the outskirts of the circle,headed towards the waterfor a dip when someone caught me by the arm. "Dance with me," he said. It had been years since we had raced each other from one of the cove tothe other, laid like seals on the rocks basking in the sun, butsuddenly all the girlish romance in me welled to the surface and I sawhim as if for the first time—as beautiful as ever.

 

Wedanced as the tide moved in and swallowed our feet in its salty wake,the hot summer air wrapping around us. We danced and danced until thefire had burned to embers, long after the guitar had been put away, andthe others were leaving for home, the moon and stars bright above theGreat Barrier Reef…

 

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