Come wayback in time to the wide Australian wheat plains.
Do battle with snakes, droughts, school teachers and so-called mates in the never ending contest to impress the girls in your class at Dimboola Memorial High School.
With school out of the way, the battleground moves to the outback mines and drilling rigs where people from a strange land - France - introduce you to new gastronomic delights such as flying fruit bats and Taipan snakes.
Then, thrill to the delights of high speed motorcycle pursuits as you are pursued by Australian cops in V8 Holden cars with flashing blue lights.
Only then, when you face the magistrate in court, does your life change...
Memoir, Short Stories, Australian History
About The Author
I guess you want to know a bit about the author.... well, a long time ago - wayback in the fifties, actually, Lucky the whippet got a new mate to muck around with on the banks of the Wakool River.
Me and Lucky headed south to the Wimmera, and it went sideways from then. The odd snake made life interesting, and my so-called schoolmates made it even more interesting.
After surviving the droughts and footy and school in Dimboola, I headed west to work in the mines and on the drilling rigs, then back south to work in warships and battle tanks.
Met a gorgeous girl - we started a manufacturing company and a family, and now I crack jokes and annoy my kids and so-called mates at work.
