“His enthusiasm is infectious as he drives us through rolling green countryside and down a bumpy farm track past a mob of big kangaroos sprawled in the shade to the Margaret River. He pushes a green canoe out under the flaking paperbarks and we glide along the still river between thickly wooded banks. Kookaburra calls echo through the trees, wild bees hum, lampreys flit through the green water. It’s blissfully relaxing.”