This painting is about three women waiting for a power card. No card means no swampie, so really hot women during summer. Town campers in Alice Springs have meters attached to their power boards so they have to prepay for power using cards they buy from the shop. So no money, no power, no air coolers, called swampies. As a result. chasing downs ways to buy power cards consumes a great deal of energy amongst Town Camp residents across the really hot months of summer, when temperature regularly soar.