The New England Highway of Australia is one of the most famed roadways in the world. The history and lore of the Highway, along with the people and places that find themselves along it is the basis of Scotch on the Bitumen, a new book by author Drew Grozier.
To write Scotch on the Bitumen, Grozier spent six months researching material about the Highway in Queensland’s Main Roads department library and in Scotland for two years for further research on the Scottish pioneers who opened up the tracks that led to the Highway.
Grozier also travelled the Highway extensively, talking to, observing and documenting the words and actions of publicans and politicians, whores and vagabonds, singers and songwriters, barmaids and bawds, men and women of the road, artists and miners, librarians and writers. Somewhere along the way, Grozier not only found out about the Highway, but about himself as well.
“I decided to write this book after the Landlord of the Yarraman Hotel-Motel made the promise of free single malt scotch whisky for as long as I was writing the book, as long as I included a paragraph or two in the book about the pub,” Grozier said. “But, in actuality, my purpose in writing this book was a Road Quest to attract tourists and travelers away from the Australian coastal roads.”
“I set out wanting to tempt people to discover, or rediscover the joys of touring an underused, generally well maintained Highway that offers much to interest the historian, writer or artist. I know I found that interest, and so much more, by writing this book,” Grozier said.
To learn more about Scotch on the Bitumen, the New England Highway of Australia and author Drew Grozier, visit his website at www.imageworlds.com.au.
About the Author
Drew Grozier hails from Scotland, but has called Australia home for over 35 years. A jack of all trades, Grozier has spent years toiling around in different careers, including stints as a roustabout, successful business manager, alcoholic, lover of women, marathon runner, sky diver, scuba diver, taxi driver, bush cook, barman, musician of dubious talent, photographer, newspaper reporter, world traveller and teller of tall tales. All of this experience led him to write Scotch on the Bitumen as his first published book. Learn more about Grozier, and Scotch on the Bitumen by visiting his website at www.imageworlds.com.au.
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