An Outback Adventure with Milo and Freddy

By Bridie Chandegra and Ness Frifeldt BakkestrOm

Freddy, a young English boy, goes on a family holiday to the Australian Outback for his summer break. Whilst in Australia, he befriends an Australian marsupial mouse named Milo. There was one very special thing about Milo and that was that Freddy could understand every word that Milo spoke but not just Milo. He could understand all the other animals in the Outback as well. Now Freddy and Milo started on an adventure that would change their lives forever, and as their friendship grew and the daily exploits of the two friends got more adventurous, they became like brothers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Sep 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514499504

Bridie Chandegra

Bridie Chandegra lives in a coastal town on the south coast peninsular of England with her children. She grew up in Australia, holidaying and exploring various places on family holidays. Her travels brought her to Great Britain about twenty-six years ago, and she stayed. She has had a varied and colorful working life but has always loved telling stories and regaling memories from her travels. She has four children and started writing this story for her eldest son twenty-two years ago. Bridie is passionate about storytelling and feels the greatest thing in life is to be able to pass stories on to younger generations.

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Copyright © 2016 by Bridie Chandegra. 739025

ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5144-9949-8

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Rev. date: 09/21/2016

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Dedicated to:

My four fantastically wonderful children, who have supported me and believed in this from the very start. To all my friends who have been there for me through thick and thin. I could not have done this without you all. To Ness Helene BakkestrØm for her imaginative illustrations which have brought Freddy and all his friends’ story to life.

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M ilo’s story began in the

dusty outback of Australia’s cavernous and untamed Northern Territory, where he played with his friends and explored all the amazing secret places his mum and dad taught him about when he was just an iddy biddy mouseling. He was an extremely lucky young mouse as Milo lived in a place with mystical caves, rugged mountains, and wide sandy riverbeds, that are as old as time itself. He was a typical young mouse who lived and foraged daily in Australia’s outback, a hazardous but fantastic place for all kinds of adventures.

When Milo and his friends got together, they loved nothing more than exploring and discovering new parts of their home. They got up to all kinds of exciting, mischievous exploits, yet surprisingly they always seemed to be OK at the end of each fantastical adventure.

Following a busy day of exploring and then a good night’s sleep, Milo was on his way to his favourite watering hole, Wongeroo Billabong, when he was stopped in his tracks by the strangest sight, one which he had never seen before, but had heard stories of. Milo decided to take a closer look, and when he did, goodness, what a surprise! Lying there on what seemed to be a very big soft green lily pad was a creature that just didn’t make sense to him. This animal only had two legs, strange paws, and a funny-looking face, and his fur was only on the top of his head.

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Very silly, how does he keep himself