While he was in Australia DOB THORPE spent some time on a characteristic but surprising ' outback ' property. He talks about the life that is led on this 1,000-square-mile properly. 72 miles from the nearest settlement and 340 miles from the nearest town. supported by a light aircraft link and a road that is passable in the dry season. It is a way of life that is quickly vanishing as Australia emerges from its pastoral and agricultural phase into industrialisation