A look into the deliveries (of goods and humans!) and some of the animals who came along for the ride. And to explain - a baby is a newborn human. Baby is my sister Selena.

How is it that every chat about life on the farm invariably comes back to snakes?

Just listen until the end. This one is just so lovely!

I hope you listeners weren't expecting a chronological sequence of events! Mum comes onto the conversation today and they reflect on days at Kiel Mountain School, the erroneous nature of street names and that time that Dad graced the stage!

In 1973, the decision had been made to move the family 2000 kilometres north-west to the mining town of Mount Isa, The stay was only for 13 months, Find out why in this episode.

Diddillibah Road wasn't more than a corrugated track - a rough and bumpy ride; something of a metaphor for the early years.

Very rudimentary first try - much to experiment with re microphones (need to get Mum one so she can be heard) and cutting background noise from Carter Road, Intro music, but nothing from me to put into context, Lucky the audience is family folk!

Dad and I have a chat about how the Soutters ended up in Diddillibah..