books.google.com.au - The Birdsville Track is one of the best known - and loneliest - tracks in Australia, and for twenty years Tom Kruse was the mailman, battling the searing heat, floods and mechanical breakdowns. He made the run every fortnight and was a lifeline to the isolated settlements and stations along the way,...http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Mailman_of_the_Birdsville_Track.html?id=HAS87iMFuqcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMailman of the Birdsville Track