HEAT enveloped her like an oppressive blanket as Angie left the airconditioned taxi and headed up Queen Street Mall to the Hilton Hotel. It was sticky, humid, enervating heat and the city was sweltering in it, typical for Brisbane in January. It would be hotter in the outback, Angie reflected. Weather wise it would be the equivalent of jumping out of the saucepan and into the fire ...if she got the job.
