Central Station. True Stories From Australian Cattle Stations

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: ABC Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 299 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Meet the people who live and work on Australias most remote cattle stations, from the Kimberley in WA to northern Queensland, as they share their stories in their own words. Have you ever wondered what its like living hundreds of kilometres from the nearest supermarket Or having a million-acre backyard, with your next-door neighbours a two-hour drive away These compelling true-life stories from the popular Central Station blog will open your eyes to what life is really like on an outback property. Forty-seven remote cattle stations take turns to host the blog, ensuring a wide range of voices and experiences. There are yarns from bosses, station cooks, ringers, truckies, single mums, kids, governesses and chopper pilots, told with humour, self-deprecation - and pride in a job well done. Theres the wrench of sending a child off to boarding school and the bone-deep weariness of a full days mustering. There are tales of working dogs, rogue cattle, hard bloody yakka - and kicking back at campdrafts. Theres the simple wonder of living in an amazing landscape, but also the downside - the ravages of flood, fire and drought. And always theres the inherent danger of this isolated life - times when the Flying Doctor came to the rescue, but also times when lives have been cut tragically short. A vivid, honest picture of station life with all its joys and hardships.

ISBN: 9780733335198