The Outbackers: Travelling the Outback with the Uteman

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Strewth! Are we there yet? People of all ages travel or dream of travelling around our outback areas by car/caravan/campervan and are keen to read about people who have actually followed that dream. the Uteman, Allan Nixon - bestselling author of the Beaut Ute titles - travels the Outback in a new travel book a difference, featuring stories about the colourful people he meets in his travels as the Uteman. Journeying along legendary roads like 'the Long Paddock' (from Echuca to Wilcannia), to the Flinders Ranges, Broken Hill and many off-the-beaten-track places, Allan discusses the history of areas and shares with his readers the wisdom of some genuine Aussie characters. tricks of the outback travel trade will be included: why should every vehicle carry at least one can of warm beer? How can you pump up a tyre without a pump?

Allan has undertaken many professions in his time, including a customs clerk, air traffic officer, solicitor's clerk, gardener, barman, nurseryman, storeman, plumber's labourer, charter pilot, shearer's cook, roustabout and park ranger. These days Allan Nixon is better known as the Uteman and storyteller for his bestselling Beaut Ute and Bushies titles (Penguin). Allan has toured the country in his Ute finding materials for his books. He was recently an ambassador for The Year of the Outback in 2006. In this capacity he made presentations to the President and Committee of the Deniliquin Ute Muster and the Mayor and Council of Broken Hill for their contributions to the Year of the Outback 2006 program of events. The Bushies was first published by Penguin in November 2003 and is now into a fourth edition. Allan's Working for the Bush campaign raises awareness for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the youth suicide prevention progr

Travel/ Australiana