Prologue
Part One
1. From the Riverina to the Gulf
2. McAllister at Last
3. Home Sweet Home
4. Testing Times
5. A Memorable Day
6. Setting Up
7. I Do
8. Home Again
9. An Urgent Need for a House
10. Playing the Hostess
11. Friends, Neighbours and Shareholders
12. Off to Mount Isa
Part Two
13. A Sticky Situation
14. Enjoying Ourselves
15. From the Wet to the Dry
16. Hard Times
17. Friends of the North
18. Forces of Nature
19. Uncertain Times
20. The Burke and Wills
21. The Joys of Parenthood
Part Three
22. Our Caravan
23. Back Home
24. Stormy Weather
25. Raising Spirits
26. Light at the End of the Tunnel
27. A Dream Come True
28. The Invasion
29. Boarding School
30. Keeping Busy
31. Disaster Strikes
32. The End of an Era
33. Our Sad Farewell
Reflections
Acknowledgements
Brought up on a comfortable farm in the Riverina, at twenty-two, Jenny Bull fell in love with Rick Old and went to live and work with him on his property, McAllister, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. There, she faced incredible hardship, living in a hut with not even basic necessities. Her only contact with the outside world was a two-way radio. In this vast empty landscape, she battled drought, flood, fire, and cyclones. For eighteen years she and Rick struggled to stay on in the Gulf, eventually triumphantly turning McAllister into a thriving oasis.
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