Bush Talk

About the Book

Two brothers discover a live joey in its dead mother’s pouch on their way home from school. The discovery impacts on the lives of a farming family barely surviving the worst drought in living memory.

The joey is no ordinary kangaroo. It is intelligent, mischievous, can understand human speech and communicate with other bush animals. It tests the family’s resolve. Will it be shot or sent to a zoo?

Its powers are tested to the limits as the two boys are embroiled in a dangerous adventure that goes horribly wrong with no guarantee that any of the three will survive!

About the Author

Mike Garratt arrived in Australia in October 1965 as a $10 Pom, with a degree in Natural Sciences in his back pocket and a passion for Rocks, Fossils and Minerals. He has spent a lifetime, working either as a geoscientist in academia, Geological Survey of Victoria, or in mineral exploration; acquiring an MSc (hons) and PhD in the process. His love of the bush and Australia’s native flora and fauna often crept into the nightcap stories he told to his young daughters and children of friends. Now retired he lives in Heathcote amongst the best geology in Victoria.