Adventures of a Jackeroo - McGregor, Steve
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A fun book about bush life in Australia This 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…mehr

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A fun book about bush life in Australia This 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.
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Steve McGregor is the author of several books including Adventures of a Jackeroo, The Adventures of Bruce from Bondi, and Golf: The True Story. He derives great enjoyment from furnishing his stories with unique and funny illustrations, peppering his prose with humorous observations. When he isn't writing or creating you can find him on the golf course or walking his dog.He has many interests and like the gormless hero, Bruce, in his books still shoots with the 18th Battalion each year. He also is a sought after public speaker and presents on subjects as diverse as Warfare in Ancient Egypt, Weapons of the American Civil War and the WWII fighter aircraft, the Spitfire, and much more.Steve is married to Glynne, also an accomplished artist, and they live on the North Shore of Sydney with their dog Bonnie