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Would you chuck it in and plunk your family down on a farm at the tail end of the world?
Sight unseen, Americans Dick and Ruth Reese, with three young children in tow, migrated to Australia’s remote island of Tasmania. With zero farming experience, they bought a sprawling 125-acre farm on a dead-end road near the quaint village of Port Cygnet.
Perpetually in the poorhouse, Ruth’s entrepreneurial spark ignited a series of businesses selling homegrown products to Australians and promoting her pet pig, Matilda, in sunscreen commercials.
Living in a house alongside orphaned lambs and goat kids and an alcoholic rooster, outside, it was worse with wandering sheep and goats, an illicit Clydesdale and pig love affair, and poisonous snakes.
Before escaping to the exotic land of your dreams, have a read.
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Dick Reese, a born storyteller, was trapped in an engineering career until a win in a short story writing competition inspired the creation of his debut memoir about an American family migrating to farm life in Tasmania, Australia's island state-Down Under Down Under. He currently lives a citified life in northern California with his wife, Ruth, and Chiweenie sidekick, Frodo.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Have you ever contemplated escaping, packing it in, and leaving the land of your birth behind? Perhaps you survived a failed relationship, the political landscape has become intolerable, or maybe you are ready for adventure. In 1988, near the end of Ronald Reagan's reign, before either of the Bush or Clinton presidencies and the advent of the internet and cell phones, for reasons we do not fully fathom, we exchanged American city life for Australian farm life. Far from home, with no farming experience, we bought a sprawling 125-acre farm on the island of Tasmania-Down Under Down Under-where we added Australian citizenship and raised our three children to adulthood along with hundreds of furry, fluffy livestock that we fostered as pets. From diaper-wearing goat kid and lamb orphans romping through the house to a whiskey-swilling rooster slumbering by the fireplace to launching a sunscreen advertising campaign featuring Matilda, a 400-pound sex-obsessed pig, we fumbled along. Challenged by the cultural divide and the emotional and physical highs and lows, we weathered the tragedies and celebrated the comedies. I hope that reading about the hurdles we cleared on the path to living our dream, many of which appear too fantastical to believe but are true, will enlighten, entertain, and perhaps motivate you to live your dream. We lived our dream on Australia's remote island of Tasmania on a picturesque 125-acre farm where we believed we would raise our children to adulthood in a safe and nurturing environment. . . WRONG! This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798990795617
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