BATTLERS AND BUSHMEN - Tecno-Libro

The Birdsville Track is very arid country between the Simpson Desert and Sturt's Stony Desert in central Australia. Artesian Bores provide a permanent water source that enabled cattle .and Drovers to travel the length of the Track, from South-West Queensland to the livestock markets in South Australia. Many people have perished here over the past 100 years or so. The Birdsville Track has recently become a popular tourist attraction, but being so isolated, traversing the harsh country without due care can mean life or death for the inexperienced. The story Battlers and Bushmen is a collection of memories and experiences of a Birdsville Track stockman: growing up and working on the Track during the 1950s and 1960s. The story provides a richly descriptive account of one man's journey being 'on the run' the term given for people who spend their days mustering, living in Stock Camps, and sleeping under the stars. Peter Daw had much less childhoo