From the Gulf to God Knows Where by Marion Houldsworth

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Sunning to top of pages. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker.

Charlie and Pauline Rayment wouldn't live anywhere but the Outback. Charlie brought Pauline as a bride to 'Kurran' in the ranges of the Diamantina catchment. Pauline faced the wilderness while Charlie carved a property from the harsh environment.

Their story typifies this new collection by Marion Houldsworth. Readers share the Outback experience at one remove; wake face-to-face with a rock python, are sucked down in a whirlpool, trapped inside a water tank, and help a neighbour bury a dead child.

They swim cattle across the flooded Burdekin and, like Clancy of old, tail 'twelve-fifty fats' down the Cooper. Brumby hunts, droughts, floods, and fires, even a trip by Cobb & Co.

Told with compassion and humour, this is more than a valuable addition to the social history of the Outback. These are Australia's stories at their liveliest and best. (back cover)