Red Dust Dreams - The Australian Outback

Australia is massive and much of it is called the 'outback'. It is sparse, dry, dusty and beautiful.

Lannah Sawers-Diggins was born and raised in the outback on their sheep station 'Pitcairn'. From these early beginning, the love for the wild Australian country was born.

Red Dust Dreams tells the story from a different perspective. It tells of the day-to-day life in the outback, on a 'station', some as big as a small country. The hardships, endurance, fun and love of this wild land are all part of Australian outback life.



2017 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST




Red Dust Dreams was chosen as a Finalist in the 2017 International Book Awards. The Australian Outback is of interest to many people across the world, and I hope my book bring hours of pleasure to those who read it.


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Outback Australia

The Mighty Kimberley

Spectacular! Breathtaking! Really, no word/s adequately

31 Jan 22 outbackgirl

Edge of the Outback

I make no apology for the fact that both past and prese

12 Oct 21 outbackgirl

Go Away, COVID…

Well, here we are over half way through 2021 and still

07 Sep 21 outbackgirl

Haven’t Given Up…

I don’t know why, but for some strange reason, I

03 Jul 21 outbackgirl

It’s Still Happening

Here we are in February, 2021, already. And here in Wes

17 Feb 21 outbackgirl

2021 HAS TO BE BETTER…SURELY???

What a strange year it has been and continues to be. Bu

19 Dec 20 outbackgirl

JIMMY JONES – LEGEND OF THE NORTH EAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    JIMMY JONES – WHO WAS HE? Glad you

21 Jul 20 outbackgirl

Things Are Still Happening

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21 Jun 20 outbackgirl

Tis a Strange, Strange World…

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08 May 20 outbackgirl

Update – Sortof

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27 Mar 20 outbackgirl

THE SNORTING FILM-MAKER

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16 Mar 20 outbackgirl

And What’s This Film About??

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08 Feb 20 outbackgirl

Making a Feature Film – By a Non-Film-Maker…

I am not sure whether this is something I’d recom

04 Nov 19 outbackgirl

Tainted Getaway

 ‘Tainted Getaway’ – what a fantas

26 Oct 19 outbackgirl

Things Have Changed – Again

We cannot seem to help ourselves. While both Steve and

08 Oct 19 outbackgirl

NEVER EVER AGAIN

Many years ago, I did something that I did not think th

22 Jul 19 outbackgirl

Health Issues – Inspiration – a Potential New TV Show

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

06 May 19 outbackgirl

My Passions – and ‘Working’ Against Time…

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

05 May 19 outbackgirl

Shingles, a Breakdown – and I Bounced Back…

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

02 May 19 outbackgirl

That Damned Shyness…A Bank Holdup…

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

01 May 19 outbackgirl

Work, Overseas – The World Was My Oyster…

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

01 May 19 outbackgirl

Final Year at School – and My Body Starts Playing up…

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

28 Apr 19 outbackgirl

Blood – Blood Everwhere…And Wimbledon, Here I Come…

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

27 Apr 19 outbackgirl

Those Stairs…

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Beg

25 Apr 19 outbackgirl

A Spelling Test That I Actually Passed!!!!

NO LOOKING BACK – SCHOOL’S OUT AND LIFE BEG

22 Apr 19 outbackgirl

OOOOUUUCCHCHCHC!!!

NO LOOKING BACK – SCHOOL’S OUT AND LIFE BEG

21 Apr 19 outbackgirl

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Begins (Pt IV)

CHAPTER 1 – 1966 – GRADE 7 There really is

19 Apr 19 outbackgirl

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Begins (Pt III)

Times Have Changed (Cont’d) Now, the rest of the

17 Apr 19 outbackgirl

No Looking Back – School’s Out and Life Begins (part II)

MY CHILDHOOD IN THE OUTBACK (Cont’d) It was durin

15 Apr 19 outbackgirl

‘No Looking Back’ – ‘School’s Out and Life Begins’

This is my auto-biography, the story of my life and the

12 Apr 19 outbackgirl

The Outback is Beautiful – Full Stop!

We have recently had reason to visit our family station

04 Apr 19 outbackgirl

Life Is Changing – Again

Life continues to be pretty jolly good. While I have no

21 Mar 19 outbackgirl

Something New Every Day…

  And today it was kayaking. A water based sport.

08 Sep 18 outbackgirl

School of the Air – an Australian Icon

School of the Air. Distance Education. An Australian i

27 Aug 18 outbackgirl

The Outback is Beautiful – But The Need to Prepare Could Save Your Life.

(First published on 21st August 2016) Make no mistake!

25 Aug 18 outbackgirl

This Is It!

(First published 18th July 2016) I’m quite stunne

24 Aug 18 outbackgirl

The Final Research Trip is Over – But Still So Much Outback to See!!

(First published 23rd August 2015) Sadly my final resea

23 Aug 18 outbackgirl

I’ve Been to the Kimberley – At Last!

(First published 26th July 2015) Well, OK – into

22 Aug 18 outbackgirl

Western Australia – You’re Next

(First published 30th April 2015) ‘Red Dust Dream

22 Aug 18 outbackgirl

Crocodiles and the RFDS Ball

(First published 31st May 2014) Hello again. I have jus

21 Aug 18 outbackgirl

The Rest of Qld

(First published 28th November 2012) We are now into No

19 Aug 18 outbackgirl

What A FANtastic Adventure This Is

(First published 13th Sept 2013) What a brilliant way t

17 Aug 18 outbackgirl

What – No Water or Power?

(First published 10th July 2013) It’s dark and yo

15 Aug 18 outbackgirl

Next Stop – Queensland

(First published 8th July 1913) Arrangements for the Ql

15 Aug 18 outbackgirl

And The Rest of NSW

(First published on 25th May 2013) Home again. The firs

15 Aug 18 outbackgirl

On We Go – Off to NSW

(First published 14th May 2013) The adventure continues

14 Aug 18 outbackgirl

First Station Visit

(First published 5/5/13) Well! What can I say? It is al

14 Aug 18 outbackgirl

The Countdown Is On

(First published 30/4/2013) The Book on Stations –

14 Aug 18 outbackgirl

Welcome to Red Dust Dreams

Hello everyone. Welcome to ‘Red Dust Dreams R

13 Aug 18 outbackgirl