Gather No Moss by William Linklater & Linda Tapp

Gather No Moss by William Linklater & Linda TappGather No Moss is the autobiography of William Linklater, alias Billy Miller, who ran away from his Adelaide home and in the 1880s 'went bush' and never looked back. He was in love with Romance, Adventure and a particular place, as true pioneers must be: the place was northern Australia at a time when the white man was still a phenomenon on the scene.

take you on a journey through Country

She wears the same clothes to work every day

where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon

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or for hiking adventures over spring afternoons and summer nights

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and the courage and comradeship of the small band of settlers are all recorded here through the eyes of a remarkable woman

that meant a journey of 800 kilometres at three kilometres an hour - the longest towing operation ever in the history of Central Australia

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Sue Taylor's engaging narrative describes the efforts she goes to in search of particular species

described with such intimate observation and exquisite restraint that I kept pausing to take a breath and silently cheer the author