Singer Jazmin Allen, 12, has rugged up in a woollen jumper to brave the wind and the rain.
In the middle of the Murray Street Mall in Perth's CBD, she sets up a small amplifier, microphone and cues her backing music.
After a couple of apprehensive glances at commuters streaming past, she begins to sing Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On.
It's a song she's been working with her singing teacher to perfect during lessons back in her home town of Geraldton.
A couple of people pause to listen and drop coins at her feet but most rush past holding their umbrellas, keen to get out of the weather.
"You get some supportive people but then there's the other side as well, where they're not very supportive," she said.
"I really don't do it for money, I do it to perform and be there for people who might need something to help them in their day."
Jazmin's busking has helped build up her confidence but it also serves as a distraction.
She suffers from scoliosis, a condition characterised by curvature of the spine.
She wears a back brace 22 hours of every day and is forced to travel to Perth every few weeks with her father to have it adjusted by specialists.
"It's very hard for her," said Jazmin's father, John.
"She's in pain, she's very uncomfortable and she's embarrassed sometimes because when she's at school she can't join in with whatever everyone else is doing."
But it doesn't cross Jazmin's mind when she's singing.
"I feel like I'm trapped in a way but singing makes me feel free again," Jazmin said.
"It makes me feel like I'm in another world."
June is National Scoliosis Awareness month, designed to promote the need for education and early detection.
Jazmin will have to wear her back brace for another two years as her spine develops.
She'll be back in Perth next month for an MRI, during which time she has arranged to perform for other children at the hospital.
"When I think about other kids in hospitals I think it's really so sad what they have to go through," she said.
"What I'm going through is nothing compared to that. I think they're very brave."
