Andrews believed that that the coastal land of New South Wales has some of the most beautiful country on earth. In this book he nostalgically revisited excursions he made as a boy and a young man - the catchments of the Manning, the Hunter and the Hastings rivers. The Manning area, where his great-grandfather was a pioneer was particularly interesting to him and ha special tales to tell - all before the bulldozer and the chainsaw. In the snowland of the Snowy Mountains are Andrews; first forays on skis at the time the Kosciusko State Park was just emerging, and before the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Filled with maps, photographs, sketches and Andrews' poems.