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
ISBN-10
1760635782
ISBN-13
9781760635787
Series
Back of Beyond
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2018-03-28
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Author
Jenny Old

Description

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 as 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.

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