Mike Dixon

He knew he had allergy problems. In America it had
started as hay fever. When he got to Australia it went away
for a while and he took up rock climbing. Then the local pol-
lens got to him and he gave up rock climbing for scuba diving.
This attack was worse than anything he had encoun-
tered before. He removed his diving gloves from his bag and
put them on.
Sue Lynne said there was a plastic folder in the case. He
found it. The cover was transparent and he could see satel-
lite maps and aerial photographs inside. They had belonged
to Charlie and were images of coral reefs.
The next package was sealed with gummed paper tape. It
disintegrated when he picked it up and a stack of photographs
fell out. David expected to see more long dresses
and children in sailor suits. Instead, he found pictures of a
very different sort. A smile crossed his face and he chuckled
as he thumbed through the stack of black-and-white prints.
The location was always the same. A room with a double
bed and wallpaper covered in pictures of Sydney Harbor
Bridge. And the pose was the same too - but with amusing
variations.
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