Kookaburras, Cuppas & Kangaroos: Adventures of a Yorkshire Lass Down Under in the ’60s
Fueled by her spirit for adventure and with her £10.00 ticket in hand, Elizabeth Isle leaves 1960s England, determined to see it all, not just Australia and New Zealand, but as much as she can on the way, too. She surrenders her passport to the Australian government and must find work to support herself on the other side of the world from her family and friends. There can be no going back for two years. Join this intrepid young woman on the adventure of her lifetime. Share her amazing experiences, discover what exotic animals await, get travel tips and meet her new friends through her letters home and over plenty of cups of tea. Beware – the travel bug might prove infectious!
“I enjoyed every minute … it’s a brilliant book. I love how feisty and fearless Liz was.”
ALISON RIPLEY CUBITT, AUTHOR OF CASTLES IN THE AIR.
“A fascinating window into 1960s Australia and New Zealand.”
SIMON MICHAEL PRIOR, AUTHOR OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC SHENANIGANS SERIES.
Buy Kookaburras, Cuppas & Kangaroos here
A Yorkshire Lass: The Early Years – short prequel to Kookaburras, Cuppas & Kangaroos
Download your free copy of A Yorkshire Lass: The Early Days here.
Farm girl Elizabeth Isle’s childhood is fairly idyllic, set in the beautiful countryside of Yorkshire, England, but before long the Second World War breaks out. Now she must become accustomed to the terror of hiding under the stairs when a bomb siren goes off, the hardship of food rationing, and soldiers trying to steal the family car or falling asleep at the wheel, smashing the farm trailer to smithereens in the process. When war is over a relieved Elizabeth goes to boarding school and thereafter settles into a mundane career. Little does she know that once the war ends, her spirit for adventure will bring about a very different sort of excitement.
A Yorkshire Lass: The Early Years is a prequel to Kookaburras, Cuppas & Kangaroos.
Lucky Jack (1894 – 2000): Memoirs of a World War 1 POW
Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal – Best Biography 2023
“One of the perils of being a sniper during the First World War was the likelihood of a grenade going off right next to you and burying you alive”.
Meet Jack Rogers. Born in 1894, he once locked eyes with Queen Victoria and was one of the first travellers on London’s ‘Tube’. An early car owner, he had many escapades on his days out to Brighton, including a time when his brakes failed and he had to drive through central London without them!
His skills as an entertainer earned him popularity throughout his life, and kept him out of the deadly mines while a prisoner during the First World War. At the tender age of 103 Jack earned the title of ‘The World’s Oldest Columnist’ as he began dictating his life’s exploits to a reporter from the local newspaper.
A PREMIER Readers’ Award winner 2022
Feed My Reads non-fiction book of the year 2022
“It’s extraordinary, and memoirs like Lucky Jack are almost like time capsules that share the individual experiences that we may know about collectively but cannot connect to personally.“ – Readers’ Favorite Review Best Biography Gold Medal Award
Daydreams & Narcoleptic Nightmares: Memoirs and Poems by John Cornelius Rogers, Collected and Edited by S. Bavey
Imaginary snakes, Ouija board experiments, World War II and Nursing Home Sex Scandals
John Cornelius Rogers, a narcoleptic war veteran, experienced emotions so strong they made him collapse. You would, too, if you discovered sex scandals in nursing homes, saw snakes come out of the wall while you were eating dinner, and uncovered a murder using a makeshift ouija board. Join John in the journey through his prose and poetry, silly and sad…
15% of the profits from sales of this book will be donated to the charity Narcolepsy UK.
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I also have stories published in these anthologies:
30 Evocative Recollections
40 Life Changing Events
50 Intriguing Personal Insights
15 Fascinating Fictional Tales
The Travel Stories Collection digital-only box set
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