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Fleur McDonald: Why I love writing about the Flinders Ranges.

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Fleur McDonald is one of Australia’s leading rural literature authors. Fleur draws inspiration from having lived and worked for much of her life on a farm – including early life on her parent’s property in regional South Australia, and more recently on her 8000 acre property in regional Western Australia. Her eighth work of fiction, Sapphire Falls, is available today. Guest Post by Fleur McDonald: There’s something about where you grow up which never leaves you. For me it’s the Flinders Ranges and the mid-north of South Australia. That country, like the dust storms it can produce, has infiltrated my soul and doesn’t leave me alone. Although I now live in Esperance, Western Australia, I grew up in the small town of Orroroo, right at the gateway to the Flinders. I was brought up in a time where the street lights coming on meant it was time to go home and Orroroo, being a small town, everybody always knew everyone and looked out for each other. And maybe that’s why I love the area so much – it represents a time of freedom and fun. I had an idyllic childhood; I was very much ‘free range’. I’d get up early...

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