They decided to call the fishing boat Aphrodite. But when Mac and Tunny took possession, they found Joe had got it wrong and there it was across the stern for-bloody-ever: Afro Dite. Tunny was furious. He should've written it down for Joe. This story, set on the northern coast of New South Wales, is the story of two boats: one a bark canoe built by an Aborigine before white settlement, the other a fishing boat restored in 1956. Both represent the fulfillment of their owners' dreams and both boats are doomed. The interwoven narratives in this tale are linked by Aboriginal boy Lance, a descendant of the canoe builder and who works as a hand on the Afro Dite. Cover art: Ngalyod and the Great Wave by Darian Causby.