His motto was "If it grows-smoke it." Ninety per cent of the school thought he was weird, ten per cent thought he was a legend, everyone thought he was a genius." P154. .
The girls, Ellie, Corrie, Fiona and Robyn, are all unique in their own ways as well. Where Ellie is a rural, brought up on her parents farm as an only child outside of Wirrawee, Fis" family is wealthy-as both her parents are solicitors-and lived in town.
Like Ellie she is an only child, and like Lee she can play the piano. Compared to her rural friends, Fi doesn't know much about bush survival. "" Fi, why were you standing in the creek?".
"To get away from the snake of course!".
"But Fi, snakes can swim.".
"No they can't can they? Oh my God. Oh my God. I could have died, thanks for telling me guys."" P37. Robyn is also an only child, and is very quiet and religious. When she gets going in something competitive (especially sport) she is unstoppable.
"We were in the same netball team and honestly, I was embarrassed by some of the things she did. Talk about determined. If you got weak umpires Robyn could do as much damage in one game as an aerial gunship. Then the game would end and she would be back to her normal self, shaking every ones" hands and saying "Well played" quite strange really." P13.
Corrie and Ellie also grew up together and are best friends. Corrie is an only child and finds comfort in the arms of Kevin and the words of Ellie. .
The move to Hell is trying on them all. While they were just camping, Fi had been known to disappear at any sign of work. Would she change? Chris" bad habits (smoking and drinking) were a concern as they were a waste of space when they picked up supplies. Their biggest problem was food. They couldn't go on foraging for it and the supply would run out. .
They just didn't know enough about surviving in the bush to be able to feed themselves. Homer always seemed to be thinking about what to do next. ""We should get more supplies in and make this a proper headquarters.
