Nearly all action, adventure, spy-thrillers of the James Bond ilk, have a major chase scene in the final moments of the story. Fans expect it. Alone with a Tasman Tiger is no exception. The winner of the Survival Competition needs to be announced at a great location, and there needs to be a way of bringing the spy story to a conclusion. Why not with a major chase scene in a famous venue?
Curious? For those of you, not-in-the-know, Alone with a Tasman Tiger: A high stakes race, a missing friend and a search for the impossible is a mystery thriller set across Australia and in the United Kingdom.
The plot in a nutshell.
As most of the story is set in Tasmania, I needed to find an iconic location for the resolution of the two main stories. The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), including the Moorilla Estate, perfectly matched my need for a beautiful and dramatic setting.
The MONA is self-described as a museum, or something. The statement reflects their eclectic vision and culture. They are known for being controversial having recently displayed a number of Picasso paintings in the ladies’ toilets. Indeed, the museum often hosts provocative and unconventional exhibitions on topics such as gender, death and religion. Many of the artworks deal with sensitive social and political issues, such as climate change, human rights, and personal freedoms which challenge social, religious, and moral norms.
One of my favourite things is having conversations with people that force me to thing differently. This is clearly the ethos of the MONA. With a few of the stories within Alone, pushing the boundaries of reality, the choice for the site for the final scene, was obvious.
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