Table of contents : Cover -- About the author -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: The Cattle Duffers -- 1 Where It All Began -- 2 Cattleman-Har Hup, There! -- 3 Our Very Own Palace -- 4 'I Belong That Country' -- 5 Dick and Dora, Nip and Fluff -- 6 Four Good Men -- 7 'Delta Queeee-Bec Golf' -- 8 Thank You, Adelaide Miethke -- 9 No Mic Fright for Me -- 10 The Importance of Being Strong -- 11 Loss -- 12 An Outback Lifeline -- 13 Buckjumping on the Bond -- 14 Learning to Ride -- 15 Bush Art and Animals -- 16 Bush Music -- 17 DQG in Full Flight -- 18 Characters -- 19 Mrs Hodder and Tall Tales 20 Jane Joseland-My New Friend -- 21 Charlie Gorey and Bush Work -- 22 Mind Over Matter -- 23 The Best Weekend of the Year! -- 24 Wild, Wonderful Bush Get-Togethers -- 25 'We've Got Visitors, Mum!' -- 26 All the Games That We Could Play -- 27 Eeyore John Wayne -- 28 Everard Park -- 29 More Show Adventures -- 30 Writing and Music -- 31 It'll Take the Time It Takes -- 32 Bush Life-Lost and Found -- 33 The Nightmare of Shearing -- 34 My Last Year -- 35 Remember the Bullocks -- Picture section -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgements