Midway through a stroll around Adelong in the Snowy Valley, two hours west of Canberra, walkers stumble upon a sign. It points in one direction to the “past”, and in the other to the “future”. Walking with Stan Grant, in an area steeped with personal significance for the distinguished writer and broadcaster, the sign seems particularly apt.
To start with, says Grant, as he sets a brisk pace on a wintry Saturday afternoon, this is traditional country. “This is Wiradjuri country,” says Grant, a Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi man, very much dressed for the walk in a brown coat, corduroy pants and boots. Grant grew up in the area; his father was an itinerant worker and so the family moved often throughout the region.
