Properly Long Way

Our Story

By: Val Wicks, Graeme Wicks (Contribution by)

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Paperback | 8 February 2023

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330 Pages

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15+

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21.5 x 14.5 x 2.5

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'I won't allow women in my stock camp,' he stated flatly.

Val travelled over 10,000 km in pursuit of a job she had dreamed about from the age of twelve - being part of a stock camp on a big cattle property and riding horses all day. The cold welcome from the Nicholson head stockman raised her hackles and evoked a sharp retort that would hardly contribute to friendly relations.

Properly Long Way - Our Story tells of two very different lives with their ups and downs and stands as a witness to the resilience that is built in the bush. Val's life from birth in Buenos Aires through young adulthood in Rhodesia and on to dusty remote outback Australia is laid out in Part 1 Buenos Aires to Bulldust.

In Part 2, Trail Rides and Picnic Lunches, Val's husband Graeme, relates his Kimberley experience and calls his time there, 'the best days of his life'. Both sharing a great love of cattle, horses and the land, they find a way to overcome the barrier of their initial chilly introduction to finally marry, culminating in the swan song of their Kimberley experience - Love-a-bull Catchers.

Industry Reviews

Properly Long Way is an honest autobiogaphy by Val and Graeme Wicks primarily about their lives working in the Australian Beef Industry. Both of these amazing people have lived lives few of us will ever experience. Val's descriptive passages are vivid, and Graeme's practical approach to life shine throughout this delightful book.The isolated life and hard work they undertook is an inspiration to all who read Properly Long Way."

- Ken Price, author of Kokoda Mist

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