'This is an amusing collection of short stories that takes readers from Tasmania to far north Queensland' with stops in The Lone Star State of Texas and the manicured fairways and greens of Augusta National Golf Course' the home of The Masters Tournament. Along the way there are car chases' gambling' fistfights' food fights' dates that go sour' ;whisky sours' risky racehorses' women with legs as long as the Bruce Highway' more gambling' sex workers' plane crashes' medical procedures' and gold outings on crocodile-free courses.' (Publication summary)