Staring at the TV screen, my eyes were fixed on the glorious, scaly, orange tail as the mermaid whooshed off into the deep blue.
Aged 12, I’d been obsessed with mermaids since watching the movie Splash. It was my favourite film.
After that, I spent all my time swimming in our pool at home in Adelaide, practising my dolphin kick with my legs together, fantasising that I was a mermaid.
As I got older, my dreams of becoming a magical mythical creature remained just that.
When I