Author: Tony Horwitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
One for the Road
Author: Tony Horwitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Great Australian Outback Teaching Stories
Author: Bill Marsh
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1460702115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
From beyond the black stump to the Australian Alps; in schools on stations, missions, mines and over the air, it takes a special kind of person to be an outback teacher. Back then, not only did we have to teach the three Rs but also sewing, arts and craft, music, physical education - you name it. Plus there were the duties of gardener, cleaner, nurse, registrar, office administrator, free milk dispenser, librarian and, on occasions, school bus driver. Oh, and in one school I was even responsible for 'mother craft'. And being male and just nineteen, as I was at the time, you might imagine my surprise when a young girl asked me, 'Sir, what's the best milk for babies?' Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our extraordinary outback teachers and their students whose recollections so perfectly capture those special days of growing up in the bush.
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1460702115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
From beyond the black stump to the Australian Alps; in schools on stations, missions, mines and over the air, it takes a special kind of person to be an outback teacher. Back then, not only did we have to teach the three Rs but also sewing, arts and craft, music, physical education - you name it. Plus there were the duties of gardener, cleaner, nurse, registrar, office administrator, free milk dispenser, librarian and, on occasions, school bus driver. Oh, and in one school I was even responsible for 'mother craft'. And being male and just nineteen, as I was at the time, you might imagine my surprise when a young girl asked me, 'Sir, what's the best milk for babies?' Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our extraordinary outback teachers and their students whose recollections so perfectly capture those special days of growing up in the bush.
Living in the Australian Outback
Author: Jane Bingham
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410928139
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Wat are the hundreds of dreaming tracks in the desert? What happens at a corroboree? What would you do with a witchetty grub? Many Australian Aboriginal people live in the enormous region called the Central Desert in Australia. There are a lot of weird and wonderful things in the desert, including giant blood-red rocks, wallabies, carpet snakes, and honey ants. Book jacket.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410928139
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Wat are the hundreds of dreaming tracks in the desert? What happens at a corroboree? What would you do with a witchetty grub? Many Australian Aboriginal people live in the enormous region called the Central Desert in Australia. There are a lot of weird and wonderful things in the desert, including giant blood-red rocks, wallabies, carpet snakes, and honey ants. Book jacket.
Outback Dreams (A Bunyip Bay Novel, #1)
Author: Rachael Johns
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1743644701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Faith and Monty are both looking for love...in the wrong direction. Faith Forrester is at a crossroads. Single, thirty and living on a farm in a small Western Australian town, she's sick of being treated like a servant by her brother and father. Ten years ago, her mother died of breast cancer, and Faith has been treading water ever since. She wants to get her hands dirty on the family farm. She wants to prove to herself that she's done something worthwhile with her life. And she wants to find a man... For as long as he can remember, Daniel 'Monty' Montgomery has been Faith's best friend. When he was ten, his parents sold the family property in Merindah and moved to Perth to be closer to support services for his autistic brother, and ever since, Monty's dreamed of having his own place. So for the last ten years, he's been back on the land, working odd jobs and saving every dollar to put toward his dream. And now he finally has it. But there's still something missing... So when Faith embarks on a mission to raise money for a charity close to her heart – Dogs for Autism – and Monty's dream property comes on the market, things seem like they are falling into place for them both. Until a drunken night out ends with them sleeping together. Suddenly, the best friends are both facing a new set of challenges... Monty and Faith are both ready to find a life partner and settle down, but have they both been looking in all the wrong places?
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1743644701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Faith and Monty are both looking for love...in the wrong direction. Faith Forrester is at a crossroads. Single, thirty and living on a farm in a small Western Australian town, she's sick of being treated like a servant by her brother and father. Ten years ago, her mother died of breast cancer, and Faith has been treading water ever since. She wants to get her hands dirty on the family farm. She wants to prove to herself that she's done something worthwhile with her life. And she wants to find a man... For as long as he can remember, Daniel 'Monty' Montgomery has been Faith's best friend. When he was ten, his parents sold the family property in Merindah and moved to Perth to be closer to support services for his autistic brother, and ever since, Monty's dreamed of having his own place. So for the last ten years, he's been back on the land, working odd jobs and saving every dollar to put toward his dream. And now he finally has it. But there's still something missing... So when Faith embarks on a mission to raise money for a charity close to her heart – Dogs for Autism – and Monty's dream property comes on the market, things seem like they are falling into place for them both. Until a drunken night out ends with them sleeping together. Suddenly, the best friends are both facing a new set of challenges... Monty and Faith are both ready to find a life partner and settle down, but have they both been looking in all the wrong places?
Outback
Author: Dan Kainen
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781523508235
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Embark on an eye-opening adventure in the land Down Under, and see eight creatures in astounding motion. From the New York Times bestselling series. Using Photicular® technology that’s like a 3-D movie on the page, OUTBACK whisks you to the vast, remote world of wild Australia, where heat waves dance forever and animals, isolated by the vagaries of continental drift, are unlike those found anywhere else on Earth. Each moving image delivers a rich, immersive visual experience—and the result is breathtaking. The kangaroo hops. A wombat waddles. The frilled lizard races on two legs across the desert floor. A peacock spider dances and shows off its vibrant colors. Experience it for yourself!
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781523508235
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Embark on an eye-opening adventure in the land Down Under, and see eight creatures in astounding motion. From the New York Times bestselling series. Using Photicular® technology that’s like a 3-D movie on the page, OUTBACK whisks you to the vast, remote world of wild Australia, where heat waves dance forever and animals, isolated by the vagaries of continental drift, are unlike those found anywhere else on Earth. Each moving image delivers a rich, immersive visual experience—and the result is breathtaking. The kangaroo hops. A wombat waddles. The frilled lizard races on two legs across the desert floor. A peacock spider dances and shows off its vibrant colors. Experience it for yourself!
Australian Outback
Author: John Lesley
Publisher: Redback Publishing
ISBN: 192586054X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
he Outback is not a place with any definite boundary. When Australians refer to the Outback, they mean the enormous regions of the country that are far away from the sorts of services, transport and facilities that people expect to find in urban areas. Find out who lives in the Outback, how they survive and why they choose to live in one of the harshest but most beautiful places on Earth. - One of the largest wilderness regions left in the world - Cattle stations bigger than countries - Ancient and sparsely populated
Publisher: Redback Publishing
ISBN: 192586054X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
he Outback is not a place with any definite boundary. When Australians refer to the Outback, they mean the enormous regions of the country that are far away from the sorts of services, transport and facilities that people expect to find in urban areas. Find out who lives in the Outback, how they survive and why they choose to live in one of the harshest but most beautiful places on Earth. - One of the largest wilderness regions left in the world - Cattle stations bigger than countries - Ancient and sparsely populated
An Australian Outback Food Chain
Author: Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0822574993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Describes food chains in the tundra, beginning with carnivores, such as a falcon or a polar bear, and ending with decomposers.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0822574993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Describes food chains in the tundra, beginning with carnivores, such as a falcon or a polar bear, and ending with decomposers.
From Alice to Ocean
Author: Robyn Davidson
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Presents the story of an Australian woman who set off to cross the outback, accompanied only by 4 camels and a dog. Photo CD contains photographs and narration. Apple CD contains an interactive program for the user to join the trip.
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Presents the story of an Australian woman who set off to cross the outback, accompanied only by 4 camels and a dog. Photo CD contains photographs and narration. Apple CD contains an interactive program for the user to join the trip.
King of the Outback
Author: Bill King
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459628233
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The life of the legendary pioneer of outback travel - the man who opened up Australia to adventure travel. A modern - day explorer who took everyday Australians along for the ride.Bill King is the pioneer who put the Australian outback on the map for both local and international tourists. Through an enterprise founded on hope and grit - now operating as AAT Kings - he opened up a completely new branch of Australian tourism. Thousands of Australians have experienced the adventure of a lifetime in Bill's capable hands, often walking in the footsteps of explorers such as Burke and Wills, Leichhardt, Sturt and Stuart.Eccentric drivers, mad passengers and sticky situations abound against the backdrop of the glorious Australian outback. Bill and his tour groups sometimes got lost, bogged or stranded - sometimes even scared out of their wits - but there was always a fierce determination to bring the show back home. Bill never lost a passenger or brought one to harm, though by heck they did sometimes try his monumental patience.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459628233
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The life of the legendary pioneer of outback travel - the man who opened up Australia to adventure travel. A modern - day explorer who took everyday Australians along for the ride.Bill King is the pioneer who put the Australian outback on the map for both local and international tourists. Through an enterprise founded on hope and grit - now operating as AAT Kings - he opened up a completely new branch of Australian tourism. Thousands of Australians have experienced the adventure of a lifetime in Bill's capable hands, often walking in the footsteps of explorers such as Burke and Wills, Leichhardt, Sturt and Stuart.Eccentric drivers, mad passengers and sticky situations abound against the backdrop of the glorious Australian outback. Bill and his tour groups sometimes got lost, bogged or stranded - sometimes even scared out of their wits - but there was always a fierce determination to bring the show back home. Bill never lost a passenger or brought one to harm, though by heck they did sometimes try his monumental patience.
A Race to Save the Australian Outback
Author: Amanda Owen
Publisher: Belle Isle Books
ISBN: 9781947860117
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Although Kevin the kookaburra is upset when his fellow Australian animal friends forget his birthday, he soon finds another way to gain recognition when he and his fellow kookaburras play an instrumental part in putting out the fires that threaten their shared outback home.
Publisher: Belle Isle Books
ISBN: 9781947860117
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Although Kevin the kookaburra is upset when his fellow Australian animal friends forget his birthday, he soon finds another way to gain recognition when he and his fellow kookaburras play an instrumental part in putting out the fires that threaten their shared outback home.