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(TUMBLE DRYER WHIRRS SOFTLY)

(SIREN WAILS FAINTLY)

(CROSSING SIGNAL BLEEPS)

- Ooh! Ooh!

- WOMAN:
F***!

MAN:
Ooh.

WOMAN:
(WHISPERS) Sh*t!

(SIGHS) Jesus.

MAN:
I'm so sorry.

That's yours.

WOMAN:
Thank you.

- MAN:
Um, we'll... just...

- Yep. (SIGHS)

- MAN:
Sorry about that.

- WOMAN:
No, it's...

Um, there's... there's...

I can find a phone store

or something

and you can get the screen

replaced and...

It's not turning on.

WOMAN:
Um...

MAN:
There's... there's bound

to be something down here.

(SIREN WAILS)

(SIGHS)

- (CROSSING SIGNAL BLEEPS)

- (SIGHS) Jesus.

It's very badly damaged.

- WOMAN:
Yep.

- I can't fix it today.

You can't have it fixed

by today?

I can't fix it today.

Um... well, I'm flying out of

the country tomorrow, so I...

..I definitely need it fixed

by today.

Eight o'clock tomorrow.

Eight o'clock

in the morning tomorrow?

Right, so, if I come by at

eight o'clock in the morning,

it will definitely be fixed?

Eight o'clock.

Alright.

OK. (SIGHS) Thank you.

Um, do you need to call anyone,

anything...?

Um...

Actually, I would love to

call my fianc quickly.

- Do you mind if I...?

- Sure. Please.

- It's an international call.

- That's fine.

- OK. Thank you so much.

- It's OK.

Hi. It's me.

Um, I've broken my phone.

Everything's fine.

Uh, I'm all set for tomorrow.

But just send me an email

if there's any problems.

OK. Love you. Bye.

Thank you.

Do you need to use my phone

for anything else?

No, I'm just gonna go find an

internet cafe. I've got to...

Oh, please, you can sit down

in a cafe,

use my phone for

whatever you have to do.

- Uh... OK, yeah, that'd be...

- Yeah?

- That'd be good. Thank you.

- I'm so sorry about all this.

Yeah. I just... had to...

..rebook a connecting flight,

and it's gone through.

- Thank you very much.

- That's OK.

- Thank you.

- That's OK.

Have you, um... got anything

else planned today, or...?

No, I was just sort of...

(SIGHS)

..um...

..pottering around town.

I've got to get

this flight tomorrow, so...

- Where are you going?

- I'm going to London.

I live in London. Yeah.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- Going home.

- Wow.

Yeah.

Have you been working?

Um, no, I've kind of finished

all my stuff for the day.

But, um...

Yeah, I was gonna

go down to... to Bondi,

see the Sculpture by the Sea.

If you don't have anything on,

you'd be more than

welcome to...

..come down or something.

Um... (CHUCKLES)

Whereabouts is it?

(BUS WHIRRS QUIETLY)

I don't actually know

your name.

- Oh. I'm Viv.

- I'm Jasper.

- Jasper. Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

I was actually gonna go down

and see it on Monday,

but it was raining.

(GULLS CRY)

Excuse me? Sorry.

Um, do you know where

Sculpture by the Sea is?

Um, I think it's down there.

- OK...

- Just down that road.

- OK, cool. Thank you.

- See you later. Bye-bye.

(LOUD CLUNKING)

(LAWNMOWER WHIRRS)

(JASPER CHUCKLES)

Excuse me? Hey.

Is this... the Sculptures

by the Sea?

Yeah. You missed it.

- Oh.

- Is this all wrapping up now?

- Is this all done?

- Yeah, it's all finished.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

- 100 sculptures, you missed.

- JASPER:
Right.

120. Something like this.

(LAWNMOWER ROARS)

VIV:
(CHUCKLES) Thank you.

JASPER:
I feel like an idiot.

I was really expecting

this whole thing

to be littered with sculptures.

(CHUCKLES)

- That's fine.

- I'm sorry about that.

I'd love to see a whale.

A whale?

I'd like to see a seahorse.

- I've seen a seahorse.

- You've seen a seahorse?

They're strange.

Yeah, I was snorkelling once

and I found one.

And then I went and got

a plastic bag and...

(CHUCKLES) ..I went and put

the seahorse in a plastic bag

to show my family.

But then I took it back.

Oh, right. I thought you were

gonna say, "It died."

No.

(CLEARS THROAT)

VIV:
I keep going

to check my phone.

- (CHUCKLES)

- Sorry. (CHUCKLES)

What were you doing?

I was... engaged in a social

media battle. (CHUCKLES)

Are you serious?

(LAUGHS) About what?

This radio host said

this politician

should go and hang himself.

(CHUCKLES)

Really fired you up, did it?

- Yeah.

- (CHUCKLES)

I-I knew someone

who hanged themselves.

Oh, God. I'm so sorry.

No, it's fine.

It happened a long time ago.

It was my girlfriend

at the time.

- Oh, Jesus. I'm so sorry.

- No, it's fine. Honestly.

So, did you... win the battle?

I don't know.

I bumped into someone.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Whoa.

(WHISTLES)

Want to keep walking?

JASPER:
Cool.

VIV:
Oh!

These shoes are not ideal.

I think the bus stop's

over there.

OK.

You see a lot of names that

aren't really used anymore,

like... Edith.

- It's an old name.

- 1869.

Oh!

It's Henry Lawson down here.

Here we go.

JASPER:
"Love hangs about thy

name like music round a shell

"No heart can take of thee

a tame farewell."

I love him.

VIV:
I wonder if there's

a certain time of year

when more people die.

Winter, I guess.

- JASPER:
Hey, buddy! Hey.

- (DOG WHIMPERS)

- Hey.

- VIV:
Oh, my God!

Yeah. He was just

sitting here. Hey.

- Where did you come from?

- Hello!

- Was he just here?

- Yeah. I...

You want to hold that for

a sec? I'll see if there's...

He was just lying there.

(CHUCKLES)

- Hey.

- (CALLS OUT) Hello?

He can't have...

Well, OK. Let's go.

Which way?

- Where did you come from?

- Show us the way, mate.

Show us the way.

Show us the way.

Was he tied up

or was he just lying there?

He was just lying there.

(CHUCKLES) I just think

there might be a gate open

that he's run out of.

(CHUCKLES)

(WHISPERS) Oh, my God.

(GRUNTS)

Let me just see

if he has a tag.

- Oh, yeah.

- One sec.

Hold on, mate. Where are we?

- Ah. We're in luck.

- Oh, good.

- Huh! Czanne.

- Czanne!

- Czanne. That's perfect.

- Ohh!

Czanne.

Hello.

Um, we've found Czanne

on the street.

No, no. He's...

No, he's OK. He's OK.

Yeah, no, he's...

Is there somewhere

that we can drop him off or...?

(CZANNE WHIMPERS)

The city.

Can we get a cab to the city?

- He's in the city? Yeah.

- Yeah.

Um... yeah. Yeah,

that... that should be fine.

(GRUNTS) In you go.

- Come on, mate. Up you get.

- Come on. Good boy.

Good boy. There we go.

- There we go. Oh, my God!

- Well done!

- Ooh, you got my...

- Good boy.

- Good boy. (LAUGHS)

- Hey.

(SIGHS) Ugh.

(CZANNE PANTS)

Dog hair everywhere.

(CHILDREN SHOUT)

(HORN HONKS)

(TRAM BELL DINGS)

(TUMBLE DRYER WHIRRS SOFTLY)

(CHIMES JINGLE)

(CHIMES JINGLE)

Come on.

- Whoa! Whoa... whoa!

- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

Come on, then. Come on, buddy!

That's it.

- (GRUNTS) Thank you.

- (LAUGHS)

Thank you.

- Come on. Up here.

- (CZANNE BARKS)

MAN:
Hello, Czanne!

- (VIV LAUGHS)

- There we go!

Thank you. Let's go.

Follow me, yeah?

OK.

- After you.

- Thank you. (CHUCKLES)

You silly boy,

you silly boy, Czanne!

- JASPER:
Beautiful dog.

- You don't like me anymore?

You don't want to stay with me?

- Thank you very much, yeah?

- No worries.

Must have left the gate open

and he... he run away.

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