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Back of Beyond: One woman's remarkable story of love, adventure, disasters and wonderful times in the Gulf Country

Back of Beyond: One woman's remarkable story of love, adventure, disasters and wonderful times in the Gulf Country


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'After falling in love with my husband, Rick, I moved to a property called McAllister in the remote Gulf Country of far north Queensland, where I found myself living in a shed with a 44-gallon drum for my stove and a shower rose and a bucket in a tree for the bathroom!'

When 22-year-old Jenny Old followed her heart to the vastness of the Gulf of Carpentaria, she had no idea of the primitive conditions she'd find herself in. Often her only contact with the outside world was through her two-way radio. Stretched to the limits, she achieved more than she ever thought herself capable of. With every setback and in the toughest of times when the odds seemed insurmountable, she learnt to dust herself off, find a smile and just keep on going.

For eighteen years Jenny and Rick battled flood, drought, cyclones and personal hardship. Yet their world was a big as the landscape in which they lived, filled as it was with generosity, wonderful characters and the joy of life. At McAllister they established an oasis for their family and friends.

Jenny's motto is: life throws many curve balls at us, but it's how we deal with them that counts. This is the extraordinary story of a woman of the bush and her indomitable spirit.

Table of Contents:
Prologue

Part One

1. From the Riverina to the Gulf

2. McAllister at Last

3. Home Sweet Home

4. Testing Times

5. A Memorable Day

6. Setting Up

7. I Do

8. Home Again

9. An Urgent Need for a House

10. Playing the Hostess

11. Friends, Neighbours and Shareholders

12. Off to Mount Isa

Part Two

13. A Sticky Situation

14. Enjoying Ourselves

15. From the Wet to the Dry

16. Hard Times

17. Friends of the North

18. Forces of Nature

19. Uncertain Times

20. The Burke and Wills

21. The Joys of Parenthood

Part Three


22. Our Caravan

23. Back Home

24. Stormy Weather

25. Raising Spirits

26. Light at the End of the Tunnel

27. A Dream Come True

28. The Invasion

29. Boarding School

30. Keeping Busy

31. Disaster Strikes

32. The End of an Era

33. Our Sad Farewell

Reflections

Acknowledgements


About the Author :
Brought up on a comfortable farm in the Riverina, at twenty-two, Jenny Bull fell in love with Rick Old and went to live and work with him on his property, McAllister, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. There, she faced incredible hardship, living in a hut with not even basic necessities. Her only contact with the outside world was a two-way radio. In this vast empty landscape, she battled drought, flood, fire, and cyclones. For eighteen years she and Rick struggled to stay on in the Gulf, eventually triumphantly turning McAllister into a thriving oasis.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781760876906
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen & Unwin
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 400
  • Weight: 378 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1760876909
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jan 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: One woman's remarkable story of love, adventure, disasters and wonderful times in the Gulf Country
  • Width: 128 mm


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