It seems as if Frank Clune enjoyed writing this book. given how his personality and enthusiasm shows through. He invites his readers to participate as he rambles from Brisbane to Cloncurry, to the Gulf round Cape York and down the east coast. He works his passage over one part of the journey, at others travels as a tourist, and then with his wife. He makes every town he visits special as Clune had a great eye for purple patches or for those slender news items that can be interesting when presented properly. There are cattle duffers, gold discoverers, explorers, convicts, squatters and heads of industry, all sketched colourfully. He dips into history for wrecks, old sea navigators and explorers. Wherever he is, he presents it with his own brand of rare humor. With black and white photographs.