Not Quite Eleventy-One

Celebrating fifty years of Kerry: healer, scholar, and heart of the fellowship.

The map of the quest

Fifty years of places, people and adventures, all on one map.

Illustrated fantasy map titled The Realms of Kerry’s Quest, marking places from her life: Clare Valley, Amy’s birthplace, the halls of nursing and ICU where she met Dan, the Critical Care Citadel and Neuroscience Tower, the wedding, the first house, Lorelei’s arrival, the EB guidelines, Netball Meadow, the Big W market stall, and her travels to Bali, Singapore, Malaysia, Switzerland and England.

The journey so far

Every road has its waymarks. These are some of hers.

Her card

Card L, for fifty. You won’t find it in any deck but hers.

The lioness, wreathed in embers
Her fire. The temper too, and it’s on her side.
Two cubs at her feet
Her daughters, sheltered between the two of them.
Three keys on her belt
Three graduate diplomas.
The open book
A lifetime of learning, and still reading.
The road from the vines to the city
From the Clare Valley to Adelaide.
Four stars
Four sisters, and she was the last to arrive.
The pixel heart
An extra life, for the gamer.

Her pastimes

What Kerry gets up to between adventures.

Four photos of her plants: a potting bench under a pergola with seedling trays, pots and garden tools; a jade plant and cacti on an old wine barrel; and indoor plants on wooden and metal stands by sunny windows

Green fingers

Indoor plants fill the house, and she loves potting them up. Outside, the vegetable garden grows all kinds of veggies, from beans to chillies.

Kerry as a blocky Minecraft-style archer in a green cloak, standing on a stone ledge beside a Clare Valley sign, with vineyards, a stone cottage and a windmill behind her

Gamer

Minecraft, Valheim, Enshrouded, and even Powerwash Simulator. World of Warcraft is the long campaign: she has played it for years with Amy and the Cottrell family.

Four photos from home: a glass cabinet of Lego castles and ships; a wine rack beneath a framed fantasy print; a reading nook with a hobbit-hole wall hanging, cushions and tall bookshelves; and a cabinet of old medical items and curiosities

Builder, reader, collector

She builds Lego sets, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter ones above all. She reads fantasy, enjoys a wine tasting, and collects old medical items and oddities.

Keeping fit

Walking and yoga.

Movies and music

A good movie, and, unfortunately for Dan, country music.

Interior redesign

Every so often the furniture moves. Dan sometimes comes home to find the whole house has been rearranged.

The fellowship

Family and friends who have shared the road with her.

How well do you know Kerry?

A few questions for the people who have walked part of the road with her.

The road to fifty

Run Kerry’s fifty years with her, from the Clare Valley to the party.

Title screen: Kerry as an elven archer with bow, quiver and green cloak, resting on a rock above vineyards and a windmill at sunset, beside the words One does not simply walk into 50
Welcome to the party, pals!

Tap, click or press Space to jump. Hold for a higher jump.

How to play

Run with Kerry from her first day in 1977 to her fiftieth birthday, then up the hill to the inn where the party is waiting. Jump over whatever lies in the road. Every bump costs one of her three hearts, and losing all three ends the run. Gather as many treasures as you can and pick up the fellowship along the way.

Treasures to collect

    The tree of wishes

    Each glowing leaf holds a message from someone who loves her.

    Tap a glowing leaf to read it.

    Hang a leaf of your own

    Send your birthday wish or favourite Kerry story to [organiser’s name and email or phone] by [date], and it will grow on the tree.

    Read every message as a list
      The Realms of Kerry’s Quest, full size