{"product_id":"old-days-old-ways-stories-from-my-radio-days-in-the-bush","title":"Old Days, Old Ways: Stories from my radio days in the bush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Nicol takes us back to the old days in the bush, when booking into a country pub was likely to turn into an adventure, and when radio was the glue that held far flung communities together.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of colourful characters and making do with what's at hand, these stories are classically Australian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are the wartime mates who helped each other build farms on their soldier settler blocks, and the 'Adelady' keeping the farm running after her husband died. There is the young woman who ran down water buffalo in the Northern Territory, and Possum, the legendary bush hermit who lived off the land on his own for 60 years, quietly doing jobs for farmers without being asked. There is the neighbour caught 'fishing' in the chookyard with a long line and a small hook baited with bread, and the little girl who swallowed a sapphire she found on the side of the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a bush yarn, it's all about the way you tell it. As the voice of rural Australia for over two decades on ABC radio, Alex Nicol can tell a yarn with a punchline that will keep you grinning for the rest of the day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alex Nicol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43000536727721,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/old_2d6837e8-5296-4c54-bf90-a5983c7dcd0a.jpg?v=1680134429","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/old-days-old-ways-stories-from-my-radio-days-in-the-bush","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}