The Best Australian Trucking Stories
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The Best Australian Trucking Stories
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Author : Jim Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2011-11-01
The Best Australian Trucking Stories written by Jim Haynes and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
A collection of true stories taken from the lives of trucking men and women from Tarcutta to Alice Springs and all over Australia. The trucker's job-so vital to our nation's everyday life-makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories. This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humour, tragedy and fascinating history of their world, proving once again that truth is often stranger, funnier and more inspiring than fiction. The unlikely yarns and tales, collected by Jim Haynes, quickly transport the reader into the intriguing but often hard and lonely world of the long-distance truck driver. There are stories of endurance while crossing the Nullarbor in the early 1950s, of rescuing mates stranded in the desert and dumping wheat in protest at Parliament House, of repossessing vehicles in suburban Adelaide, and of men imprisoned during the long political battle to make the roads of Australia free to carry freight. Steeped in larrikinism, these are salt-of-the-earth Aussie voices from the most genuine characters to ever spin a yarn. Whether you're interested in one of the most significant social revolutions to have shaped our nation, or in these never-say-die modern pioneers who astound with their resourcefulness, or whether you're just after a laugh and a bloody good story, this book is for you.
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories
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Author : Bill Marsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories written by Bill Marsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Australia categories.
Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our outback truckies that criss-cross our nation - across deserts, rivers, and the Great Dividing Range - to share their extraordinary yarns and tales.
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories
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Author : Bill Marsh
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2019-09-01
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories written by Bill Marsh and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-01 with History categories.
'Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin Whether they're carting produce, stock, fuel, or even (unbeknown to them) dead bodies, there's one thing that can be said about outback truckies - they're a colourful bunch. Meet the outback truckies who brave interminable distances, searing heat, raging floodwaters and foot-deep bulldust to transport goods all across this vast land, serving as lifelines not just to those in the bush but those in cities as well. From the truckie who found a creative means of transporting penguins, to the one who refused to 'abandon ship' as his truck sank into a river, these real-life accounts show the lengths to which these enterprising and resourceful men and women will go to ensure their load arrives safely at their destination. Bill 'Swampy' Marsh is an award-winning writer and performer of stories, songs and plays. He spent most of his youth in rural south-western NSW and now lives in Adelaide. Swampy is one of ABC Books' bestselling authors of Australian stories; this is his nineteenth book.
Life On The Road Kiwi Trucking Stories
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Author : Randolph Covich
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Release Date : 2018-07-30
Life On The Road Kiwi Trucking Stories written by Randolph Covich and has been published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-30 with Transportation categories.
Kiwi truckies are the unsung heroes of New Zealand – the men and women who make great personal sacrifice and often risk their lives to keep our country running. The people who devote their life, in some way or another, to what is often a hard and lonely passion. Life on the Road gathers together their fascinating stories. It captures the humour, tragedy, action and extremes of the trucking world, by turns moving between the dramatic, light-hearted and surprising – including runaway trucks, skirmishes with the law, nostalgic tales of the early pioneers, love stories, and more than one practical joke. Whether you’re a trucking die-hard or just love the wide open road and a cracking good yarn, Life on the Roadis a gripping insight into the real lives of Kiwi truckies.
The Best Australian Yarns
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Author : Jim Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2013-11-28
The Best Australian Yarns written by Jim Haynes and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-28 with History categories.
Best Australian Yarns is a substantial and definitive collection of factual and fanciful Aussie stories, humor and anecdotes—the result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history and yarning to mates and other colorful characters from all parts of Australia and all walks of life. This collection includes tall stories from the bush, reminiscences from the racetrack and shearing shed, railway yarns, stories from the world of show business, Aboriginal legends and humor, digger yarns from both world wars, ghost stories, monsters, bunyips, and yowies... and many things you never knew about our amazing history and the characters who made it—the pioneers, heroes, convicts, bushrangers, eccentrics, and brave and forgotten men and women whose fascinating lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit that we all love. While the stories range from poignant to hilarious, many simply describe unusual coincidences, strange occurrences, or simple everyday humorous events with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia where looking for a good laugh was a key component of a cheekier national character and a simpler lifestyle.
The Best Australian Bush Stories
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Author : Jim Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2013-08-01
The Best Australian Bush Stories written by Jim Haynes and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Stories that take us from the Mallee to the back of Bourke and beyond . an indispensable collection about the enduring appeal of the Australian bush.
Australian Working Trucks
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Australian Working Trucks written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Trucking categories.
Captures some of Australia's biggest and most stunning rigs. This book contains working trucks in action, new trucks as well as trucks from the past.
Toots
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Author : Donna Marie Vawdrey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Toots written by Donna Marie Vawdrey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Women truck drivers categories.
Toots Holzheimer, a hard working mother of eight, drove trucks for a living from the 1960's to 1990's across some of Australia's most inhospitable terrain, Cape York Peninsula. Toots delivered freight to the northern tip of Australia for over thirty years, servicing her own trucks, loading them by hand (without a forklift until the late 1980s) and then driving for days alone. Toots and her husband Ron constructed their own roads and built their own bridges, renewing them after each wet season. Without bitumen roads, Toots battled corrugation, melon holes, washouts and bull-dust. Flies and mosquitoes were her constant companions as she dug her way out of bogs or coaxed her 'Old Girl', a M.A.N. diesel truck, up and down the steep slopes of the Great Dividing Range. Nothing raised Toots' ire more quickly than someone telling her what she could or couldn't do. Attitude was what mattered to Toots, not gender. Toots attributed her success in life to her determination to 'Do what you want to do and do it well'.
Best Australian Drinking Stories
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Author : Jim Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2018-11-28
Best Australian Drinking Stories written by Jim Haynes and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-28 with Humor categories.
'It seemed like a good idea...at the time.' - the lament of many a morning after Rum, beer, scotch, wine, beer and more beer. For nearly 250 years Australian history has been punctuated with stories of booze and boozing. From Cook's voyages and the First Fleet to the Rum Rebellion, the mutiny of the 99th Regiment, the soldiers' riot of 1916, six o'clock closing and beyond, we've been a nation that likes a drink. With the eye of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes has collected the best yarns, verses, stories and anecdotes of our boozy history. He uncovers the good and the bad of our national character and its relationship with grog. He celebrates the social gift of alcohol and riotous moments of mateship and camaraderie, but he also offers salutary tales of its consequences - the hangovers, the suffering, the recriminations and the grave occasions subverted by drink. Amusing, wry, tragic and surprising, Best Australian Drinking Stories asks you to grab a glass of your favourite beverage, get comfy and enjoy this fascinating collection of stories about Australia's love affair with booze.
Great Australian Rascals Rogues And Ratbags
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Author : Jim Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2022-11-01
Great Australian Rascals Rogues And Ratbags written by Jim Haynes and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with History categories.
An incredible collection of true crime characters from Australia's master storyteller. The bold, the bad, and the slightly mad... Criminality, some say, is part of Australia's national identity, and in Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags Jim Haynes profiles fifteen larger-than-life Aussie rogues - some of our greatest ne'er-do-wells from colonial times to the modern era. These stories uncover the truth and expose the myths about characters ranging from the most despicable examples of humanity, to those whose courage has to be admired and whose so-called 'crimes' were unjustly punished. This fascinating collection features felons who have sprung from Australia's underbelly since 1788, such as the infamous Kate Leigh of the razor gangs; the convict Mary Bryant, who in 1791 escaped from the Sydney penal settlement and somehow made it back to England; James Hardy Vaux, who was sent to Australia no less than three times; Henry James O'Farrell, the madman who attempted to murder Prince Alfred in Sydney in 1868; and John Leak, who was repeatedly charged with insolence, disobedience and being absent without leave in World War I - and awarded the Victoria Cross. Told with Jim's inimitable combination of history and humour, Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags is packed with murders, mystery and miscreants: true stories of true criminals from Australia's past. 'entertaining . . . highly readable . . . you will find some genuinely amazing new facts and insights.' ArtsHub