Send Her Down, Hughie! Arthur Clifford

The title of this book is a gleeful exclamation uttered by Aussies in response to a good, much-needed downpour of rain. American-born Clifford and his family spent four years touring around Australia, living in Aussie towns and cities, observing Aussie manners, modes and morals - and then compressed his observations into a twelve month 'journal' interspersed with anecdotes. The result is a pulsing, vibrant picture of 'the Land Down Under' - and a travel book with a difference.