Aussies don't do full-on American-style trick-or-treating, for the most part. You get the one-offs here and there, apparently ... but if you really want to get a decent return, you need to organise your neighborhood. Which is what friends did in Carnegie - they do a letterbox drop of a flier and balloon ahead of time and anyone that wants to participate and hand out candy puts the balloon out on their front gate. So we headed over there. It was bright and sunny at 5 PM and about 80 degrees. It was grand - it is a pretty neighborhood (nice early deco houses and lots of trees) and a LOT of houses had balloons up! Kid was a very classic wicked witch (having watched the Wizard of Oz for the first time a few weeks ago). She told me I was trying to kill her when I told her she needed a bath - then cracked up at her own joke: "get it! witched melt when they get wet! get it! hahaha!" She picked the medium size cauldron when we got her outfit and accessories at Spotlight ... and was rethinking her decision about an hour into the gig. My FB status update was: "you know you're trick-or-treating in Australia when you get eucalyptus candy ..."
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