Laps / Tim Winton -- The Christmas parcel / Olga Masters -- Back soon with fish / Nick Earls -- Letting the lave go by / Thea Astley -- The night of the fruit-pickers / Margaret Simons -- Breast stroke / Luke Davies -- Under the house / Jessica Anderson -- You gave me hyacinths / Janette Turner Hospital -- Ettamogah pub / Chris Gregory -- Orchid / Mandy Sayer -- Dry spell / Marjorie Barnard -- The dragon of Kashmir / Mena Abdullah and Ray Mathew -- From a bush log book 1 / Frank Moorhouse -- Vittorio / Shirley Hazzard -- Tasting Prospera / Susan Errington -- Tabernacle of my loins / Keith Butler -- Dear Rosanna and the crippled man / Brenda Walker -- Southern skies / David Malouf