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Sandy Thorne

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Description:Sandy Thorne has a remarkable rapport with older Australians - they tell her stories that even their kids haven't heard. Meet a great old publican, a policeman, a hospital matron - you name it, they are in this book. A horse breaker, cum farrier, cum trainer cum rodeo star will amaze you as he continues to ride the tough ones with his broken leg in a cast at the age of 79! Meet Lesley Webber, Australia's best helicopter-mustering pilot; didn't learn to fly 'til she was 40. Years mustering in the Kimberley, N.T. and the Gulf of Carpentaria - Often landed clients at waterholes to fish for barra where white people had never been before. Has also flown water-bombing missions over bushfires many times, flown the coroner into crash sites; plus carting wild pigs, slung under the machine, from the croc-filled swamps of the Daly River region - highly dangerous work. You'll be introduced to Jenny Marshall, Contract musterer, ex amateur jockey, known as 'F...kin' Jenny' after her favourite word, which she roars frequently in her booming gravel voice, anywhere, in front of anyone. Wears men's clothes and a huge ten-gallon black Stetson everywhere, even in city restaurants. The hat hides the massive scar where she had a 'f...kin' huge f...kin' tumour' cut out years ago. Jenny is chuffed that she has beaten the family record - all her family have died from tumours by sixty-f...kin'-five mate! Still works like a brown dog, from dawn to past dark and is a master at finding stragglers in the scrubbiest country, which she then ties up to f...kin' trees like dogs, and goes back for them later, to collect the f...kin' rogues. Jenny will not let any beast beat her. F...K no! Rough as hessian undies, tough as a gidgee limb. And then there's Ron Canlin, Cooper Pedy opal miner Ron was twenty metres underground when he suddenly felt an urge he could not resist. He began sculpting the sandstone walls of his mine... ten years later, every drive and tunnel in Ron's claim is full of wonderful sculptures - the eighth wonder of the world and the tourists are absolutely amazed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Old-Timers: Magnificent Stories From Mighty Australians. To get started finding Old-Timers: Magnificent Stories From Mighty Australians, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Sandy Thorne has a remarkable rapport with older Australians - they tell her stories that even their kids haven't heard. Meet a great old publican, a policeman, a hospital matron - you name it, they are in this book. A horse breaker, cum farrier, cum trainer cum rodeo star will amaze you as he continues to ride the tough ones with his broken leg in a cast at the age of 79! Meet Lesley Webber, Australia's best helicopter-mustering pilot; didn't learn to fly 'til she was 40. Years mustering in the Kimberley, N.T. and the Gulf of Carpentaria - Often landed clients at waterholes to fish for barra where white people had never been before. Has also flown water-bombing missions over bushfires many times, flown the coroner into crash sites; plus carting wild pigs, slung under the machine, from the croc-filled swamps of the Daly River region - highly dangerous work. You'll be introduced to Jenny Marshall, Contract musterer, ex amateur jockey, known as 'F...kin' Jenny' after her favourite word, which she roars frequently in her booming gravel voice, anywhere, in front of anyone. Wears men's clothes and a huge ten-gallon black Stetson everywhere, even in city restaurants. The hat hides the massive scar where she had a 'f...kin' huge f...kin' tumour' cut out years ago. Jenny is chuffed that she has beaten the family record - all her family have died from tumours by sixty-f...kin'-five mate! Still works like a brown dog, from dawn to past dark and is a master at finding stragglers in the scrubbiest country, which she then ties up to f...kin' trees like dogs, and goes back for them later, to collect the f...kin' rogues. Jenny will not let any beast beat her. F...K no! Rough as hessian undies, tough as a gidgee limb. And then there's Ron Canlin, Cooper Pedy opal miner Ron was twenty metres underground when he suddenly felt an urge he could not resist. He began sculpting the sandstone walls of his mine... ten years later, every drive and tunnel in Ron's claim is full of wonderful sculptures - the eighth wonder of the world and the tourists are absolutely amazed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Old-Timers: Magnificent Stories From Mighty Australians. To get started finding Old-Timers: Magnificent Stories From Mighty Australians, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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