Staircase to the Moon NSW and it is an exciting

and it is an exciting and violent story of anti-colonial revenge and roaming adventure

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Staircase to the Moon NSW and it is an excitingThe adventure of a girl and her grandfather who sneak out at night to climb the staircase to the moon. They brave bloodthirsty mosquitoes, dive bombing bats, giant boab trees and sinking mangrove mud before making it to the foot of the staircase. They climb the steps and leap like acrobats on the moons surface. Based on a natural phenomenon occurring in Broome in Australias north west. As the full moon rises, it reflects across the mudflats creating