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A fun book about bush life in AustraliaThis book, The Adventures of a Jackeroo, is set in the early 1950's when bush life in Australia was a bit rougher than it is today. It will carry you along with Bruce from Bondi, a city boy who decides to become a Jackeroo, a trainee property manager, specialising in sheep and a few million flies. Based in the far west of New South Wales near a town called Enngonia Bruce lives on Booleroo Sheep Station and gets into quite a few scraps and also learns a few things the hard way. You will read about...Bruce trying to catch a sheep called Rancid the Ram which is a bit too much for him to handle. He also clambers aboard a stock horse called Bob the Brumby and learns that it is easy to get him to go but very hard to steer him let alone get him to stop. Bruce also tries himself out as a tennis player at a Country Tennis match with disastrous results and as a cricketer (in a Country Cricket match) with a decided lack of success. Mind you not all of Bruce's escapades end in disaster and the stories are funny and the illustrations are a great addition to the tale of Adventures of a Jackeroo. An ideal book for a laugh and all readers who want to know about bush life as well as visitors to Australia.

A fun book about hotel life in AustraliaBruce is a city boy who found a new home as a trainee property manager at Boolaroo sheep station in the far west of New South Wales, near a town called Enngonia. Returning to Bondi for a weeks holiday, Bruce decides to apply to be a lifesaver. His life is thrown into a spin when he meets Jane. Not only does she like him, her father owns the Auckland hotel in Bondi, close by the famous beach. Given half a chance to become a trainee hotel manager with a beautiful girlfriend, Bruce chucked away his plans to return to the bush and grabs both to the job and Jane in his hot hands.