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23 Oct 2019 - 5 Minute Read
We were on a film shoot on the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region – some local indigenous Australians were showing us fossilized footprints in the rocks. As the crew was filming, I saw this caravan pitched on the edge of the water.
This spot is about three and a half hours on a dirt road out of Broome – it’s all desert and parklands. So finding him there was such a surprise. The only other life around were rural, indigenous communities, and then here’s this white guy, living in a caravan.
He was sitting out in front having a beer. The colors of the landscape were really striking, so I asked the photographer to take some photos of him, and we got to talking. He used to be in the marines, and now he just wanted solitude, and it seemed like the most beautiful place in the world to be.
We didn’t want to ask too many questions, like, “Where is your family?” because we weren’t sure if it was a sad story that he was there alone with his dog at the edge of the world, or if it was liberating and good for him. But he seemed to be there by choice. He and his dog just walk up and down the beach.
I really wonder what his backstory is – why he ended up there. Some people in his position might get defensive and insist, “I’m comfortable! I like it here!” But when he said it, I believed him.
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