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Some items of interest for readers. I will add more maps and so on as I 'dig 'em out' from my still packed up stuff! I've got some WA ones and possibly some Victorian ones, and a topographic/photographic one of Bermagui (patience, patience).

A good site for seeing the layout of places is the Australian Bureau of meteorology Radar pages, of all places! Link is here, then scroll down to the map and click. For instance, the 128 km Hall's Creek one shows Sturt Creek, and the 256 km one shows Carranya (see Will of the Tribe link from booklist). The Mildura radar page shows Albermarle (a station Upfield worked on, thought to be the model for Windee station) and other sites of interest. Of course, you'll also see if it's raining there or not!

A NSW Outback m ap - this covers many of Bony's 'crime scenes' and is good to refer to when reading any of the books set in the area. The blue numbers I have put in are as per my estimates of where the locations are, and refer to the book number as per my list (and I hope the darned thing is OK!) The pale blue 29 refers to the Lake Frome Monster - although Lake Frome itself is in SA, Bony refers to the corner fence in it so I put this as a pale number.

A map of Broken Hill, and a close up of the City Centre. It is interesting to read the bachelors of Broken Hill with this map by your side. While the main thoroughfare, Argent St, is correctly named, and there is a King St, the other streets Bony mentions do not exist. There is however, a Trades Hall (it is marked on the City centre map at D7, and the Police station is shown on both maps.

I obtained both these maps when we visited Broken Hill at Easter 2000, working as conductors on a 6 day heritage rail tour from Canberra.

An excellent book exploring much of outback Australia that I have found is "Explore Australia's Great Inland". I have scanned some of the excellent photos and maps. It is published by , author , price is not on it, but I think it cost me $15 or $20 at a newsagent. It has tours you can do of the inland, with hints on vehicles, supplies needed, safety precautions, using radios to stay in touch. An excellent resource.

	Cover pic. Click on each picture for a larger image.
	'Roadless' map of Australia, with many of the inland (outback) spots highlighted.
	A more conventional map showing elevations, land use etc.
	An artesian bore outlet pipe on Quinyambie station. Note the corrosion around the pipe from the alkalis and other mineral in the water.
	Track and countryside near Quinyambie station, thought to be the Quinambie Station of The Lake Frome Monster, near Cameron's Corner.
	WA breakaway Country near Leinster and Leonora, scene of Breakaway House and Bony and the Mouse.
	Old pearling luggers in Broome Harbour - a relic of the prosperous past.

I have visited Bermagui many times, and twice to stay a night or more. On the first trip, in 1994, I stayed at the Bermagui Hotel, link to picture of the Hotel from across the road here. In the guests lounge upstairs, there are photos (and, no, I can't remember if any are of AWU, but I do remember that he is listed on the Fishing Club 'honour boards', which hang in the lounge, as an Office bearer, in the 1930s from memory. I have to apologise, but when I visited there, I didn't realise there was such a following or I would have taken more notice and some photos.

In February 1998 my partner and I visited Bermagui, and although we didn't stay at the Hotel, we ate in the dining room (which is the guests breakfast room) downstairs, and there are many fishing pictures. Again, I don't remember if any are of AWU. (It was excellent food, if you are planning a visit!) Here is a map.

Go to my books index pages (mostly Bony ones) - I am making a page for each book with notes on location, links to other web sites on that location etc, and pictures of my editions (47 editions in all).

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