| ISBN |
9781525244100 (paperback) |
| Name |
Tapp Coutts, Toni, 1955- author. |
| Title |
My outback life : adventures in the gulf country / Toni Tapp Coutts. |
| Edition |
Dyslexic books edition. |
| Published |
[Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2017] |
| ©2017 |
| Description |
ix, 353 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Optimized reading formats. |
| Set in 12 pt. Dyslexie. |
| Copyright page from the original book. |
| Summary |
Having grown up on the massive Killarney cattle station near Katherine, NT, Toni Tapp Coutts was well prepared when her husband, Shaun, took a job at McArthur River Station in the Gulf Country, 600 kilometres away near the Queensland border. Toni became cook, counsellor, housekeeper and nurse to the host of people who lived on McArthur River and the constant stream of visitors. She made firm friends, created the Heartbreak Ball and started riding campdraft in rodeos all over the Territory, becoming one of the NT's top riders. In the midst of this busy life she raised three children and saw them through challenges; she dealt with snakes in her washing basket; she kept in touch with her large, sprawling Tapp family, and she fell deeply in love with the Gulf Country. Filled with the warmth and humour readers will remember from A Sunburnt Childhood, this next chapter in Toni's life is both an adventure and a heartwarming memoir, and will introduce readers to a part of Australia few have experienced. |
| Subjects |
Tapp Coutts, Toni, -- 1955- |
| Women -- Northern Territory -- Biography |
| Cattle properties -- Northern Territory |
| Farm life -- Northern Territory |
| Country life -- Northern Territory |
| Large type books |
| McArthur River Station (N.T.) |
| Genre |
Autobiographies |
| Series |
Dyslexic books |
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