While there's a smaller shopping centre at Redland Bay just on a kilometre from our waterbus terminus, Victoria Point is only four kilometres farther on and offers a wider range of 'retail experiences'. But for us Lamb Islanders, who aren't really used to traffic, let alone crowds and noise and the hustle-and-bustle of conspicuous consumption backgrounded by PA systems playing muzak interspersed with exhortations to buy stuff, it's Hell-On-Earth. In fact, most of us find that even just an hour or two in the ‘real world’ sends us scuttling back to our quiet little island in a state of bewildered culture shock, wondering why anyone would live that way.
