For Isaac Emmy and adventurous kids everywhere The creators of this book recognise the cultural significance and sad history that Wadjemup Rottnest Island holds for Aboriginal people and acknowledge the Whadjuk Noongar people as Wadjemup’s traditional custodians FREMANTLE PRESS
To The Lighthouse
Landing Isaac stepped off the boat The island was waiting for him he could feel it At the other end of the long jetty there was white sand to sprint across sandpaper cliffs to explore massive fig trees just waiting to be climbed Stay close warned Mum You don’t want to fall in Isaac looked around The jetty was wide enough to race monster trucks One side was bounded by a tumbling wall of giant boulders The other was roped off at least three metres from the edge The only way he could possibly fall in was if he took a running leap Yeah right Mum he thought Okay Mum he said out loud 5
