The reading list

Before I started this trip, I added a few books to my list of things to pack. I love non fiction, so they were on top of my list of what to take. I also added E books to my IPad, they were for just in case I ran out of books and needed extra reading. I probably have six or eight there.

I bought about twelve books in the months before the trip, I have probably read six of them in the three months we have been away, plus another six I have purchased on the way. I like reading about the history of a town we are staying in, women pioneers of the area etc. On past trips I scouted around and found a few interesting authors, this time the same. Most are by women born to city life and have married farmers and the isolated lives they lead during the 50’s or 60’s in Australia. Most on big cattle stations when aborigines were servants in the house. These pioneer women reared their children in isolated regions, with no medical back up and no shops. Grocery orders were placed once a year and delivered all at once by trucks or the nearest shipping port. Some of the stories are fascinating.

John has discovered reading and has read three of the books I haven’t yet read. He also likes the non fiction. Before retiring, all he ever read was the headlines from the daily paper and the sports section. I feel I know have a kindred spirit to discuss books with.