Unlikely Encounters of a Mild Colonial Boy

<p class=ql-align-justify>Stories spanning over a century from the life of TJ 'Jim' McKenzie his family friends and people along the way from the 1890s to 2020s. Recollections of growing up near Longreach CQ from the mid-1930s early boarding school to National Service life on sheep stations to meeting Princesses. From sheep shearing to pen pushing. From rural living and working to city life and raising a family from the mid-60s. <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Jim experienced early tragedy and unusual opportunities and some unlikely encounters.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This collection of anecdotes provides an account of some of the encounters and perspectives some universal and others unusual of a mild country boy living in a time of personal and cultural changes and happenings. Delivered with a dash of humour and a somewhat philosophical perspective it offers a potential chuckle as well as historical insights into ways of living and working which at times seem to have faded from our modern and urban view along with some of the characters. </span></p><p><br></p>