Barcy Galah by Kerry Yates

Enter the secret boy's world of growing up a Catholic in Barcaldine, Queensland.

This is the unlikely love story where a city boy heads west and falls madly in love with outback Barcaldine, western Queensland.

In Barcaldine, family is everything. The matriarch of the family is Grandma Elizabeth Mary Sleeman, who, with her sisters Louisa Jane and Amelia Ann, rule the family roost. A skeleton in the closet emerges which, if revealed, would shock people to the core.

City boy Kerry, with 'Chunda' Urquhart as his new mate, are soon inseparable, pushing boundaries and getting into strife. So, adjust your bicycle seats and come riding with the Barcy boys as they swim and fish in the nearby Alice River, or seek treasure at the local dump, building and defending their fort from other Barcy gangs, with shangeyes as their weapon of choice.

On busy weekends, attend pony club riding rogue, adrenalin-high stock horses, or go 'roo and pig shooting as a form of family bonding.

Meet up at George's Cafe for a milkshake.