The newspaper, "The Australian," over a period of weeks sought entries for The Great Australian yarn.
This was the winner:




Two cattle drovers were standing in an Outback bar. One asked, "What are ya up to, mate?"
"Ahh, I'm takin' a mob of 6000 from Goondiwindi to Gympie." "Oh yeah ... and what route are you takin'?"
"Ah, prob'ly the Missus ... after all, she stuck by me durin' the drought"