Originally published in 1898, "Landlopers" is a timeless story of freedom and mateship on the track. The book describes a four week long journey from Sydney through to the Wombeyan Caves, Southern Highlands and South Coast and back to Sydney. The remarkable thing about the journey is that Mr Knight and his companion Bill (The Boy) undertook it on foot, in swagman fashion. Author John Le Gay Brereton brings to life the landscape and characters of turn of the 20th Century New South Wales in such a manner that the book has been adopted by those hardy folk of the 21st Century who choose to...