I just stopped myself from going down a neutron radiation and time travel rabbit hole when many of the first links were about a cartoon character. I think I'd rather learn more about the bear on the cover of that NatGeo.

The Australian police chief's last name was not Garvey. The woman who killed him was just going on the name Kevin, as written in the manuscript she found in Kevin Sr's hand. But yeah, it's all about that thin line between belief and delusion so many of these characters are riding. What's a little cultural appropriation if a magic chicken tells you to sing the flood away?

The guy who immolated himself in the Outback may provide a clue as to what happens next. I thought he was just another despondent leftover, but he was probably conned by the people in Melbourne who told him they could take him to the other side. Did Mark Linn-Baker just reinvent himself as a huckster who visits luxury hotels to gather potential marks and throw their cell phones in the toilet?

@2: The VW guy who kills himself is an homage/reference to Walkabout (1971). I'm surprised that none of the recaps I've read so far mention that film. Usually it's someone in the comments section that points it out.

(And of course David Gulpilil was in Walkabout.)

@4 Good catch.

@2, you are correct!