Catch the Wind: From the Nullarbor to the Far Northwest in ‘68, Bruce Lowery

Published March 2024 | Pages 270 | Paperback  

The riotous true life adventures of a youth on the brink of manhood travelling to the most isolated places in the Australian outback.

Propelled by the collapse of an intense love affair, eighteen-year-old Bruce Lowery sets off from his home in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria for a yearlong adventure in 1968. As Bruce struggles to come to terms with the ambiguity surrounding his relationship back in Victoria, he encounters a host of colourful characters who amuse, alarm and inspire him. From the middle-aged nurse with an unhealthy interest in young men’s testicles, to the drunken railway ganger and the law-evading jackaroo, join Bruce as he travels vast distances across this wide brown land.