Paul Clancy - I grew up in Renmark in the 50s and 60s and knew about Possum - saw him briefly when camping up river as kids. A few years ago Tony Hersey (who illustrated the book) and I “walked in the footsteps of Possum” we trekked along the Murray from Wentworth to Renmark. 

We visited one of his “hides” on Lindsay Island and retrieved an old axe head from a hollow log. Tony and I are both Vietnam Veterans and grew up together in Renmark and became fascinated by the Possum story when we were kids. 

We felt that by walking from Wentworth to Renmark in Possum’s footsteps we were making our own tribute to this remarkable man - a little known but significant Australian bush legend.

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