The other day I was listening to the classic Irish folk tune “The Fields of Athenry”. The song is about a man who is transported to Botany Bay after stealing “Trevelyan’s corn”.

In 2000, we moved with the family to Ireland to look for work and settle for a while. The town we went to was Galway, outside of which is the village of Athenry. Things didn’t work out and we returned to Sydney, originally to Coogee, but soon moved to Botany (Bay) and the name of our street is Trevelyan. (Cue Twilight Zone music).