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This is a memoir about traveling along an iconic track in the Australian Outback decades ago. The story dates back over 50 years. Much has changed in the interior of Australia since then. A graded dirt road now exists between Birdsville and Marree, and well organized Eco-tours allow one to explore the back country in safety. Living and traveling conditions were a lot harder and riskier half a century ago. There were no cell phones for communic...

This book is a collection of short stories about varied aspects of life from childhood to retirement written primarily during the years 2017-2022 by a senior citizen living in the northwest United States. The stories belong to several different genres including Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Opinion, Poem, SciFi/Fantasy and Mystery, with the multitude delivered as Memoirs. The stories were originally motivated by the author's attendance at a w...

In the Outback, the unexpected is always expected. The land is wild and inhospitable. Man has no business here. But he ventures here anyway, and often pays the highest price of unwelcomeness. Even the native animals make themselves scarce in this unwatered country. But man's inherent penchant to explore brings him here anyway. And so it was for two of us who wanted to touch the edge of the Never-Never-Land. The iconic Birdsville Track has long...

Many folks think that when lawful authorities respond to certain sensational criminal or unusually violent public events that they fail to appropriately represent regular citizens' level of anger or indignation at the original incident. In select instances, when justice if viewed as not being served by applying the wrong level or type of punishment for the perpetrators, it's possible for vigilante activities to emerge. Distraught citizens take...

Welcome to the Future! Two teenage boys share a new electronic toy which they manage via their computers. They've identified an unadvertised unique use and opportunity for its capabilities which rewards them handily. Not without risk of course. When they became wary of getting caught they switch to a new endeavor and run into potentially even more serious trouble. They strategize on how to stay safe and anonymously let the authorities know of ...

In the early 1800s greedy agrarian landlords in Ireland increased taxes and rents for the tenant farmers who worked their lands. Already poor, rural families suffered terribly. When the British bounty scheme was introduced to encourage free settlers to migrate to Australia many tenant families saw it as potential salvation from the miserable lives they were experiencing. Large families gave up their homes, said goodbye to relatives and friends...

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