Category Archives: Books

Home Alone

Posted on 17 January 2021 by The Overlander

After reading the two volumes of Helen Garner’s diaries, I was intrigued as to the identity of the dramatis personae – ‘V’ in particular. He’s so thinly disguised that I was driven to re-read the ‘novel’ he published in 1998. … Continue reading →

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The powers-that-be

Posted on 20 October 2020 by The Overlander

Bynoe River Who you know is the odds-on favourite when the powers-that-be appoint a leader. Focused more on the glory that would accompany the first transcontinental crossing of the continent than on the nature of the undertaking, the powers-that-be appointed … Continue reading →

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Dirt Music A Long Way From Home

Posted on 13 October 2020 by The Overlander

Broome, WA             Luther Fox, the central character in Tim Winton’s 2001 novel – Dirt Music – turns up in Broome, WA, in the company of a decrepit pair of grey nomads, Horrie and Bess, … Continue reading →

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The Jetty

Posted on 6 October 2020 by The Overlander

Bowen, Queensland The Jetty Unable to find the bakery Don Watson had mentioned when we called to Bowen in 2016, Renee and I had taken a stroll along the jetty. Signage at the entrance to the jetty informed tourists that … Continue reading →

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Nat Buchanan

Posted on 29 September 2020 by The Overlander

Aramac, Qld. Nat Buchanan and William Landsborough almost perished near where Aramac now stands while exploring the region in 1859. According to local road signage, Robert Ramsay Mackenzie had been there before Buchanan and Landsborough and named the place ‘Marathon’. … Continue reading →

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Route 66

Posted on 22 September 2020 by The Overlander

Avon Downs, Northern Territory   “On 21st January 1882, the ‘Herbert River Blocks’ on the Barkly Tableland were auctioned in Adelaide. … Thomas Guthrie, a Victorian grazier, was the successful bidder on four blocks and Avon Downs was born.” This … Continue reading →

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