Welcome to the Outback

Welcome to the Outback PDF Author: Sue Williams
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1921518634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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"From cattle-droving to goat-racing and prospecting for black opal - one woman's search for the real heart of Australia."--Cover.

Welcome to the Outback

Welcome to the Outback PDF Author: Sue Williams
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1921518634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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Book Description
"From cattle-droving to goat-racing and prospecting for black opal - one woman's search for the real heart of Australia."--Cover.

Welcome to the Outback

Welcome to the Outback PDF Author: Sue Williams
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742534988
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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'The Outback isn't a place on a map; it's a place in your heart. It's an attitude, how you treat people, a way of behaving. It's your belief system, and how a whole nation of Australians often long for a time when life was simpler, less complicated, more genuine . . . ' Sue Williams has long been fascinated by the Outback – its striking landscapes, the salt-of-the-earth characters it breeds, its wonders and its weirdness. But to date, her focus has been on others' lives. Now putting her bravest foot forward, Sue sets out to see our country as it really is, warts and all. She accepts every new challenge that comes her way, including pregnancy-testing cows at a remote property, joining a cattle drive across Queensland, visiting the deadliest town in Australia, and fronting up to a ferocious fighter in the last boxing tent in the world. It's tough for a city slicker, but she won't stop until she discovers what the 'real' Outback is all about.

Home to the Outback

Home to the Outback PDF Author: Nicole Flockton
Publisher: Tule Publishing
ISBN: 1953647766
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Coming home isn’t always easy… Three years ago, nurse Sindy Carruthers returned to Bunya Junction wounded, wary and shamed by a relationship gone wrong. Welcomed home by her family and supportive community, she now manages the local medical practice and enjoys her newfound confidence. She’s perfectly happy on her own, until a blast from the past in the form of Ryan Flanagan appears. Dr. Ryan Flanagan—renowned plastic surgeon to the stars—heads to Bunya Junction to pay his last respects to the man who opened his heart and house to an abandoned boy. Ryan’s no fan of Bunya Junction or the harsh judgments of some of the townsfolk, so he’s stunned to discover that his old mentor has bequeathed him half a general medical practice—hoping he’ll stay on and serve the community. The other half of the practice now belongs to the beautiful Sindy Carruthers, his closest friend’s twin sister. Sindy knows Ryan will never stay in Bunya Junction and become her business partner, and that’s a good thing. Otherwise she might just lose her heart to him.

An Australian Outback Food Chain

An Australian Outback Food Chain PDF Author: Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0822574993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Describes food chains in the tundra, beginning with carnivores, such as a falcon or a polar bear, and ending with decomposers.

One for the Road

One for the Road PDF Author: Tony Horwitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Australia - The Land

Australia - The Land PDF Author: Erinn Banting
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778793434
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Explore the topographical, climatic, and wildlife diversity that sets Australia's outback, coastal cities, and coral reefs apart from any other region of the world.

An Australian Outback Food Chain

An Australian Outback Food Chain PDF Author: Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761341951
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Welcome to the Australian Outback! As your jeep bumps along an empty road, the dry, dusty land all around you bakes in the heat. But the Outback is full of life, from a frilled lizard snapping at bush flies to a kangaroo family munching on grass. Day and night in the Outback, the hunt is on to find foodand to avoid becoming someone elses next meal. All living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the Outback? Will you Run with a pack of dingos? Lurk with a saltwater crocodile as it stalks its prey? Swoop through the night sky with a ghost bat? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

It's Not A Truck! It's A B-Double!

It's Not A Truck! It's A B-Double! PDF Author: Herm Zandman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479705446
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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In this book grandson Ethan tells his friends about B-Doubles, what they are; the different kind of B-Doubles exist, why they are different, and why they are so important for Australians. The big machines fascinate him very much. From time to time he sees them on his Dad’s farm when they deliver feed for the cattle, or pick up milk from the dairy as they empty the milk vat after the milking of the cows has been done. He also tells them about his Granddad who drives B-Doubles interstate for a living. His Granddad (author) tells stories about situations into which B-Doubles get, about dealings with the road authorities, and about relationships with other road users. He also tells a bit about how hard interstate trucking is for people who are married. Not much is known about the life of interstate truckers and all that is involved in the heavy haulage industry. This book, which aims primarily at children eight to twelve years old sheds light on a national phenomenon that every one knows exists, but about which not much is really known at all.

Outback Nights

Outback Nights PDF Author: Emilie Richards
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 9780373085361
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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The Last Showman

The Last Showman PDF Author: Fred Brophy
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 174348304X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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'My life has been a mad travelling show, meeting some of the strangest and greatest people who've ever lived. I've had my fair share of trouble and I'm lucky to be here. But I've always been a showman and I've done my best to preserve a precious part of an old Australia that's fast disappearing.' Son of a sideshow operator and trapeze artist, fourth-generation showman Fred Brophy grew up on the road, travelling the length and breadth of Australia. He did time in jail as a wild teenager before establishing his own successful boxing tent. It has become a star attraction in the Outback and is now the only one of its kind in the world. Fred tells stories of living on the smell of an oily rag, rescuing battlers, and becoming embroiled in some of the most bizarre adventures imaginable. This is one helluva life, full of hardship, hilarity and unexpected turns, including Fred being inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame and receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia. 'Now ladies and gentlemen, let's go inside. The show's about to begin . . .'