Barkey Galah. From Young Deliquent City Slicker To Country Kid, Will It Work

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Self Published
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 332 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This is an unlikely love story where city boy goes west and meets and falls madly in love with - outback Barcaldine, Central Queensland. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were no Maccas or Kentucky Fried Chicken signs littering the highways. However, Georges Greek Caf & Milk Bar, in Barcaldines main street, was the hub where kids would meet over a delicious milk shake or ice cream and plan their next adventure, or at times misadventure. Seventy years ago, todays electronic wizardry such as TV, mobile phones, the Internet and other endless devices were unknown, definitely not in Barcaldine. The best gadget or gizmo was the crackling radio where families would crowd around listening to Green Bottle or The Air Adventures of Hop Harrigan. Yesterdays kids lived wonderful exciting lives, wanting little. For a taste, tighten your bicycle wheels, oil your bike chains and come riding with the Barkey kids as they take you at tremendous pace out to the Alice River swimming and fishing; join them at Pony Club riding rogue horses; go roo shooting to supplement chook food, or take in a movie in comfy canvas seats where boiled lollies are sucked and young love blossoms. Yes, Barcaldine had it all. Enjoy the trip down memory lane, where no one is de-friended.

ISBN: 9780646826622