a town like alice refers back to?

Apologies to all you flatliners (???) out there - I've edited my post to give it a reference point! And yes, of troy Nevil Shute was the connection, and there is a book. I must confess to not having read it either, but also enjoying the mini-series on TV. Am much more into books now than I was then...

Hev

"no longer a stranger..."