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Wait,

I love them.

fast or slow big or small even ways like this one gotcha

see that she's carving it up

Little fly.

Why is it always little fly?

Fly, midget, flea, kitty wink.

Why don't people take me seriously?

Hey, fly!

You've got a message to call home.

Why? Like now.

It's urgent.

Mum, Dad, you said urgent. Is anyone home? Is everything okay?

Please call, I'll be right at the phone.

Bye.

See you later.

Where are you going?

My sister's wedding this weekend. Oh, you're right, you're going home.

Yeah, so don't get into any trouble while I'm away, eh?

Come on, come on. See you in three days.

Have fun.

Yeah, I'll do my best.

Inside, her family called. Okay, I'll see you all in 30 minutes. Just so you

know what Deb's about to tell you, I had nothing to do with.

All yours.

Great. Thanks, you know.

Righto then.

Gorgeous beaches, all the surf you want, out of school for lunch and study

periods for training.

Pretty privileged life, right?

Well, somebody's got to live it.

The Solar Blue also feel it's important for you to have some balance in your

life, to be part of the community here. By more socialising, maybe. By doing

some community service.

About 80 hours throughout the day.

When are we supposed to do that?

Deb, we're already pushed beyond.

Surfing, training, school, homework.

I thought we were here to surf.

Yeah, you are. You're also here to learn how to be part of a team and to give

something back to the community that supports you.

So, Rita.

It'll be fine. I've done community stuff at my old school. Some of the

suggestions might be cool. Maybe, like, helping at the National Park.

Sure. We've got a free slot between midnight and four.

Midnight and four?

But that's your snoring practice time, Edge. Watch it.

We should check on Fly.

Uh, Edge, I maybe know how you and I can do this community service and get some

extra training.

Yeah? How? I'm a local.

I've got contacts.

We put your board away.

You know they took my name off the message machine at home?

Well, duh.

That's because you're not there, are you?

No.

I'm not.

While we're on the subject of phone messages, on the left, guys who are

to call me. On the right, messages you have to give them. Why are we your

personal answering service?

Can't they just call you mobile? I've given this number to people I'm not sure

really want to talk to.

So why give it out?

To keep my options open.

Now, if Jason rings, I'm home.

Mark Fisher, I'm out.

Derek's like, Freako, I've left the country.

Just follow the chart, please.

Ring.

Perth to Sydney.

3 ,290 K.

Oh! Oh! Maybe they've had a bushfire. How long did you leave it in for?

Like, what you said to do.

Right.

Yeah. Two hours, right?

Moving to the city was so hard to say farewell.

Don't go anorexic on us, Bec. Julie, I just picked out at lunch, that's all.

Well, Edge reckoned we could cook the roast in half the time at quite

temperature.

Hello?

Oh, uh, this is Anna's grandmother.

Uh, Grossmutter.

Thanks, Fly.

Fly, why don't you take a break and we'll call you when they ring.

Fly, I've got four mobiles. You can have one of those if you like.

As soon as I get them working.

Thanks, Ed. No probs, kiddo.

Kiddo? Okay.

Cheers.

You've got a silver medal for sloppiness, Ed.

Christ sharing a room with you.

Billy, a message came through the voicemail from Fly.

Hepatitis? That's serious.

Glandular fever and suspected hepatitis.

Poor Nell, and she's doing her final exams.

I'd better call them back. The message said to wait. They won't get the test

results for the hepatitis until nine tonight, or could they call you after

I hate this three -hour time difference to West Australia.

Now, Fly, you are not going to camp out underneath the phone all night.

Yeah.

It's two breaths at night.

Call them any time you like.

That's a great idea, Anna. Thanks, Anna.

Here's the telephone number of the hospital.

In the meantime, sit tight and try and get some sleep.

This is Fiona, Nell Watson's sister.

I heard she's in Ward 7.

I was wondering how... Yeah.

I'd love to speak to her if I'm allowed.

Thanks.

Nell! I've been so worried.

No.

Going home tomorrow?

But... That's great.

Me? Yeah.

Of course.

I love it here.

School's, um, good.

Everything's cool.

The other kids.

They're awesome.

There's Edge.

Cool guy.

Wicked freak dollar.

Beck's a local.

Raises everyone and everything around here.

Perry's totally hot.

She's even been in magazines.

Matt's a brainiac. He knows heaps more than most teachers.

He's really fun.

He's part Maori.

His mum's from New Zealand.

He's like a professional surf film director.

Anna's my roommate.

She's a champion kiteboarder from Germany.

Travels everywhere.

She's pretty famous.

And then there's me.

You know.

Younger.

Smaller.

Maybe I should come home for a bit. Why are you sick?

No, I suppose not.

Yeah, I'd better let you get some sleep too.

It was great talking to you, Nellie.

Miss you.

Night.

Go on hold.

On hold.

Why?

Yes, is that okay?

Um, yep. Great.

No hepatitis going home today.

That's a relief, isn't it?

I'll charge the battery.

Here. Bathroom's free. If you want to get in ahead of Perry.

Sorry? No, no, you go.

Thanks. I won't be long.

We've got enough lifesavers for now, Beck.

I'm sorry.

Well, yeah, it's fine. I understand.

Really. Thank you for trying.

Yep.

Maybe next year.

My family's in and I run

off a bill of $274?

Such a kid.

Time!

Has anyone organised community service yet? No, not yet.

I'm going to try and surf the life -saving club.

Forget it, Perry.

The life -saving thing we surfers do is to fool ourselves.

We won't commit or work hard for anything but surfing.

Bet I can talk my way in.

Fine. What would I know?

Time.

What?

You fall flat on your face before you even try.

Why? Want to look up? No, I can do it.

Hi,

um, the job you advertised, is that still... Oh, okay then.

Thanks.

Can't see you hosting a crate of drink bottles, kid.

Sorry.

Excuse me.

Can you tell me where the manager is?

What? I was wondering if that job you advertised was still going. The one in

paper?

I don't think so, love. Sorry. We need someone who can actually, you know, pick

things up.

You know, I've spent my whole life on a dairy farm.

Milking, herding, hauling in grain, mucking out sheds. I sold fruit and veg

the local market since I was five years old. And handled the cash.

I can drive a tractor, fix a baler, and work in a flat. So being something like

a checkout chick at a service station would be a piece of pie.

I mean, cake.

Bet you've never hauled a heifer out of a dam?

Uh, no.

No, we don't get a lot of heifers around here.

I am the manager here, and I do have a job you might be interested in.

Hi,

boys. You must be Perry.

Casey Holdsworth.

Hi.

You know, we've got three assignments this weekend. We'll forget about the

cooking. That's all taken care of. Great.

And now my community service is sorted. What?

Already? Where'd you volunteer? The abattoir? The first life -saving club?

Beck's got me and her in. As members.

Just you and Edge?

Um, not exactly.

They wouldn't take us.

But you're a local.

You've got contacts.

Embarrassing, huh?

Sorry. Okay, everyone.

Guess what we are?

What?

Members of the Blue Water Surf Lifesaving Club.

I got a thing.

All of us?

Yep. Told you I could talk them into it, Bec.

Oh,

no, I see him. I see him.

All right. Cheers, Mom. Thanks. You're a legend.

Okay, bye.

stuffed off Mum's dishes and onto Jilly's plate.

It smells so good, Ben.

Mum says you've got to give us more notice next time. And just how much

does Mum need, Ben?

I've got uni tonight, so you get the short version right at, which is,

you've all left home.

There are no parents here to pick up after you, no meals on wheels, and no

laundry service from Mum.

I know you're competing, but... You all have to look out for each other.

Because for this year, get used to it.

We're all each other's family.

Does anybody want to say anything?

You're not really going to throw out Bec's mum's pies, are you?

Not if you save me some.

Hello? Can you hear me?

No.

Hi there.

Where have you been? Nowhere. I let Julie know you were doing community

I'm trying to video phone on the internet to Germany, but this stupid

keeps crashing.

You're so far away from home, Anna.

Different language and customs and stuff.

You don't act homesick.

I miss things.

Good black bread.

Really.

German TV.

My school, my friends, mum and dad.

What happened to using the lifeboat and sitting in the tower meeting all the

hotties? Our first Saturday off since we get here.

Pete gets to go to a party, and we're doing this here instead of surfing out

there. Okay.

Obviously, we've got to prove ourselves to begin with.

Made it in after all, hey, Beck?

I wasn't playing favourite.

Perry suggested that I give you all a go on probation.

Better get on with it. The juniors will need this area for training pretty soon.

Great. So, uh, you talked him into giving us cruddy jobs on probation, hey,

Perry? Wow, what a negotiator. At least we got our foot in the door. I don't

know what flies community service is, but it has to be better than this.

See you again.

Any money you find is mine, all right?

It's hot sand, so it needs to be.

Interior? Yeah.

Okay,

I'll be back to pick it up around three.

Three? Oh, three.

Alright, this lady wants the full interior clean, okay?

Hey, I pressed start. You should be in there.

Bye. Bye.

Bye.

rule to take on a job without our approval.

We are responsible for your safety. We need to know where you are and what you

are doing.

If you have money problems, you come and talk to us.

What were you thinking?

Fly?

Fly?

You're a baby fly, Watson.

A real pathetic baby.

Oh, I've ruined everything.

Saturday's the busiest day for the car wash and they can't get it fixed till

Monday. I just want to go home.

See Nell and the others and the farm? You want to leave?

I don't fit in here.

You don't fit in here. What about me, a German kiteboarder? Yeah, but you can

handle it.

Everyone respects you.

I'm just like some annoying flea at their backside.

You're having a tough time, Fly, but tough times happen anywhere.

Different when you're home.

I have an idea.

What? I'll be back to get you.

Don't leave town.

You hear that?

Can you believe it?

Who else collecting garbage?

I now have such balance in my life.

Okay, at least we got the rest of the day off. Guys, I need your help.

As you can tell, it's not all fun.

What's going on? We're doing a geography check. Now here's you, 3 ,314

kilometres away from Margaret River, West Oz.

And there's he.

Lucky Devil's back home right now, 598 .4 kilometres away in Ballina. And

Gold Coast, 684 .8 kilometres.

And Edge?

Melbourne, 715km. That's wrong.

713. You can change it, OK?

There's me down at King Island, and then there's Anna's home.

16 ,300km away in Hamburg.

Am I going to get a sign?

You're two blocks away.

I still want a sign.

The point is, we're all away from home.

Some of us were than others.

And we may not be your sisters Kate, Nell or Josie. Or Liz. Or Jen. But we're

going to be their... Understudies.

Substitute. We're your substitute family.

This is poo embarrassing.

Not as embarrassing as us picking up garbage with little yellow rubber

Come on, you guys always know how to handle things.

Don't stuff everything up. They stuff up all the time.

Thanks for yourself.

So you cost the car wash the money and you're in the poo with Deb, right?

I just want to disappear. You know, I've got an idea how we can fix this and

call it community service at the same time. Whatever it is, no.

But it's good.

Hear me out.

Back it up.

Keep going, keep going, keep going.

Stop there.

Good morning, madame. Good morning. We're hand -washing cars here this

with half the proceeds going to the Blue Water Surf Life Saving Hub's annual

appeal. Oh, marvellous.

Part of our community service program. All right, Dad. Look, can you just get

your hands on as many as possible and bring them down?

Yeah, yeah, that'd be really good.

Okay.

Right, Dad's bringing all the cars from the car lot, and I've got all the kids I

know from school putting pressure on their parents to pump, too.

I reckon you're going to clean up here today, mate.

Oh, looking great, guys.

Doing good jobs.

All right, ready for the next.

Fly, you should learn to worry less.

Besides, they're my old ones.

Lie!

Come over here.

$182 .40.

In tip?

No, it's for all of us. We voted. It goes towards the debt for the damage.

And the rest of this mystery debt, pay me back when you turn pro -surfer, okay?

How'd you find out?

They just texted me the bill. Thank you.

All right, I'm going to pull it. That's enough.

Everyone come and get a cold drink.

Great. Thanks.

Okay, okay. I've got some good news and I've got some even better news.

You guys did a fantastic job raising money for the club today. Oh, yeah. One

my best days ever.

So, we're waiving probation.

You guys are now fully -fledged members of the Surf Lifesaving Club.

So, um, what's the even better news?

George is letting you guys do a car wash -a -thon for the club every month.

What? I don't know.

Nah, we did too good a job.

We should have stuffed it up.

No way. I've done enough stuffing up for life.

I guess there's always got to be someone who's the baby of the family.

And because I'm the smallest and the youngest, I guess that's me.

But I can still get the biggest waves and the fastest waves.

Even waves like this one.

Gotcha.

you're the only one