Sue Williams has delivered us Women of the Outback and Outback Spirit,
stories she gathered from the people of the bush. Ever curious, this
time Sue puts herself in the firing line, seeking to find the essence of
the outback experience - perfect for all us armchair travelers. She
traveled the width and length of Australia by bus, train, car,
campervan, Troopy, horse, goat, foot and plane. She helped
pregnancy-test cattle at a remote property in the far north of South
Australia, swallowed countless flies and ran through muddy dams carrying
a pretend-sheep on her shoulders in an outback Ironwoman challenge. She
saw the country in drought, in flood, between swarms of locusts and a
mice plague, mixing with old drovers, new backpackers, overseas
tourists, new settlers and old-timers. Sue knows how to tell a good
story - and confirms once and for all that it's a weird place out there.
