Queen of the Little Desert
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/11/19/27551_country-living.htmlSimone Dalton
11/19/2008
Wanda was homeless.
A 30-year veteran of the glamorous Les Girls cabaret show in Sydney's
infamous Kings Cross, she was suddenly without a show and a roof over
her head.
There was only one thing for it.
Pack up her feather boas, sequins and wigs and head south to Goroke,
on the edge of the Little Desert, in the west Wimmera.
Goroke's a long way from Kings Cross - and that's not just the 1146km drive.
At Goroke they strip crops rather than clothes, there's not much
nightlife, and alcohol and cigarettes are about the hardest drugs most
people will find.
