'Over the Hills and Far Away' is the third book in my trilogy of poetry written about the places in Western Australia where I was born and brought up. With poet John Kinsella I have researched the three areas viz. Great Southern, Eastern and finally the Central Wheatbelt including the Avon River catchment. My books 'A Show of Colours' (20 ) and 'Dryandra Dreaming' (20 ) covered the former two areas and 'Over the Hills and Far Away' covers the latter where my maternal grandfather established a wheat and sheep farm at the beginning of last century. Initially I taught in a country high school in the area. The poems are introduced by a brilliant essay written by Dr Tony Hughes D'Aeth of UWA, the acknowledged expert on literature of this area. Some 18 pages of my our illustrations complement the poetry