by Leo Nix
Scouts – Roo, Bongo, Riley
Girl Guards – Lulu, Danni, Heidi, Lucy, Jaina
Children – Lenny, Liam, Danielle (Harry and Jenny), Elle and Harry (Riley and Katie), Annie (Lucy),
Dogs – Dog, Blue Dog, Black Dog, Red Dog and her puppies
Extras – Uncle Wardiri (Donna's aboriginal Grand Uncle), Jarl Horsely (Arkaroola, book 2), Billy (see books 1, 2 and 3), Shamus (books 1, 2, 3),
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To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel (1621-1678)
Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime
We would sit down and think which way
To walk and pass our long love's day.
Thou by the Indian Ganges' side
Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide
Of Humber would complain. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
A hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song; then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapped power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Through the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Of Horses, Camels and Donkeys
Chapter 2 - Post-Apocalypse Newcomer
Chapter 3 - By Snake Or By Arms
Chapter 4 - Thunderdome Cup
Chapter 5 - Diamantina Massacre
Chapter 6 - Wiram's Worry
Chapter 7 - The Conundrum
Chapter 8 - The Saviour
Chapter 9 - Girls Train to Kill
Chapter 10 - Secrets of Pine Gap
Chapter 11 - Special Operatives
Chapter 12 - Camel Patrol
Chapter 13 - Camel Camp Fire Show
Chapter 14 - The Warrior Sisterhood
Chapter 15 - Sundown's Sacrifice
Chapter 16 - Desert Strike
Chapter 17 - Treaty
Chapter 18 - Snakes, Sand Dunes and Salt Bush
Chapter 19 - Rescue Patrol
Chapter 20 - McFly's Initiation
Chapter 21 - Dreaming
Chapter 22 - Heroes Return
Chapter 23 - Negotiations
Chapter 24 - Whiskey Special Operations Patrol
Chapter 25 - Whiskey is Go-go
Chapter 26 - Shamus Day Celebrations
Chapter 27 - Love Rules
Epilogue
Glossary of Australian words
Characters of Desert Strike
To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel (1621-1678)
