Walkabout: Billy's Gotta Find Some Girls
By Gary Taaffe
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Billy arrives in the city to mixed reactions: he has to fight off a mongrel old man, he makes a gruesome discovery in a barrel at the tip and wolf–whistles leave leave him confused over the appeal of his bare bum.
That’s all easy, until he meets Amber down a rat–infested alley.
“It was such a fun and entertain
Gary Taaffe
Gary Taaffe is the No.1 Bestselling Amazon Author of 9 fiction and 2 non-fiction books, including the Urban Hunters series for Young Adults and his Stampede series, a no-nonsense guide to book marketing for authors. New York Book Review, W.D La Rue said, "I would read ANYTHING this man wrote." Gary lives in Forster-Tuncurry, Australia, where he's surrounded by waterways for fishing and bushland for hunting. He writes fulltime with new books coming out in quick succession. Connect with Gary here: BunyaPublishing.com Facebook, Pinterest: Gary Taaffe Instagram: Gary_Taaffe Twitter @Urban_Hunters Email gmt369@gmail.com
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Walkabout - Gary Taaffe
Titles available in the
URBAN HUNTERS
series
1. Four Small Stones
2. Tribal Scarring
3. Walkabout
Billy arrives in the city to mixed reactions: he has to fight off a mongrel old man, he makes a gruesome discovery in a barrel at the tip and wolf–whistles leave leave him confused over the appeal of his bare bum.
That’s all easy, until he meets Amber down a rat–infested alley.
It was such a fun and entertaining adventure story. Great gross–out scenes that I loved from the first book. I loved the Aussie lingo. The humor had me laughing out loud in places.
Jessica B, USA
This writer has done something rare — he’s come up with something so original that I can’t even compare it to other books. It stands alone. And his humour is really sensational.
Jack, Australia
Can’t wait for the next in the series as I couldn’t put it down. They really are good value.
Ann, UK
URBAN HUNTERS is laugh–out–loud, gut–churning, heart–wrenching storytelling at its best. Unlike anything you’ve ever read, in typical Taaffe fashion. Hilarious as usual. Always surprising. Wonderful!
4. Budgie Smugglers
5. Bullies
6. The Orphanage
7. Bowels of Hell
8. Final Straw
9. WANTED! New Dad
10, 11, 12. Coming soon!
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WALKABOUT
Gary Taaffe
clipartCast of Characters
Whenever you come across a character for the first time in this book, they’ll be linked to the Cast of Characters at the end of this story. It's a great reminder of who’s who in the zoo. Plus, you’ll learn how to pronounce their name.
Table of Contents
Titles Available in the Urban Hunters series
Title Page
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 — Walkabout
Chapter 2 — Turbo
Chapter 3 — Trash and Treasure
Chapter 4 — Honey
Chapter 5 — Love Hurts
Chapter 6 — Moth Balls
Chapter 7 — The Shudder of the Dead
Chapter 8 — Stomp
Chapter 9 — Ya Bloody, Idiot!
Chapter 10 — Sydney
Chapter 11 — The Take-Away Shop
Chapter 12 — Tiny White Hairs
Chapter 13 — Rat Tails
Cast of Characters
Thank You!
About the Author
Urban Hunters Books
Copyright
Bonus Feature
End of Book
clipart— CHAPTER ONE —
Walkabout
Billy heard his family’s song follow him down the river in his canoe. It was comforting — as if they were still with him as he drifted along on the current. Soon though, as time went by and he gathered some distance, his isolation started to close in on him. He’d never felt so alone in all his life. He wasn’t just off on an adventure for a day or two into another area of the Wollemi. He was heading into new territory. Whitefella territory. People who killed his people. Shot them on sight to be rid of them.
He felt a change filtering over him. Everything seemed different. Colours looked particularly vibrant. The twitter of a bird had him identifying its age, species and gender. Even working out where it was without looking.
He felt alive.
Really alive.
As if he was born again.
Do or die, he decided with excitement surging through his soul.
The world was his.
He could do anything.
Go anywhere.
WOOO HOOO,
he hollered for all the world to hear I AM COMING!
He stood and twirled his bullroarer above his head and hollered again. Birds took to the air while water dragons dived from overhanging tree branches into the depths of the river in fear of the sound reverberating off the cliff face.
He sat down and paddled ahead, desperate to discover the world. For the first time in his life, he didn’t have to hide. To be on constant alert for other people — for whitefellas. It was time to do the opposite. To get amongst them. To learn about them. To see if it was safe for his family to come out of hiding after all these years. To find a new future. He was buzzing with excitement.
Then, as the heat of the day slowed him down, he relaxed to take in the sights and admire this unknown river. He stopped paddling altogether, letting the current take him wherever it wanted. Savouring every moment of freedom.
He wasn’t used to wearing anything more than his loincloth so he removed his hat and vest and packed them carefully into his new bag. Then he drifted into a state of contemplation — considering his journey, where he would go and what he would do. His dreams had shown him a high peak at the end of the river just north of his destination, where he was to wait for word from his mother before going any farther.
The sun was well up by the time the Colo River delivered him safely onto the Hawkesbury River. It crawled along at a snail’s pace by comparison, giving him plenty of time to marvel at the wonders of the modern world: massive humpies laying in seclusion along the riverbank with strange looking canoes tied to jetties.
Startled fishermen in tinnies got a fright as Billy drifted quietly by. He was like a vision from another era, standing on the front of his canoe in just a loincloth with a four–pronged fishing spear in hand, ready for a curious fish to come close, or to defend himself against a killer if need be.
G’day, mate,
they all smiled.
G’day, mate,
Billy replied, relaxing his grip on the spear.
He passed a houseboat and saw a woman for the first time ever. She emerged from the shadows within wearing a sky blue costume. Her enormous white thighs glaring in the sun like the moon’s cratered surface. She carried a shiny white toddler while pointing and waving excitedly to Billy. The baby wasn’t happy at all as hulking great flaps of fat kept hitting him in the back of the head every time she waved her arm. Billy waved back and hoped she’d stop. It only made it worse.
He wondered what it would have been like to have his mum point things out to him. She seemed so gentle — always smiling so kindly whenever she appeared in his dreams. Then he realised that his mum had a pudgy face just like this lady’s. Suddenly he understood why his dad wanted him to find a fat one to keep him warm in winter — his mum was a big woman too! He must still miss her, he realised, after all these years. He wondered what it would be like to have a wife of his own.
The sun was going down by the time he found a secluded spot on the riverbank to stop for the night. He’d speared a couple of bream and a mullet which he cooked over the coals. He was really happy — no one had tried to kill him.
Day two was much the same until he got closer to the coast. The river was busy with boatloads