Somewhere Down a Crazy River A spirited life catching fish, love and wisdom
Catchlove, Robyn

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Robyn Catchlove wasn't destined for married life and two and half kids in the suburbs of Adelaide.

So, in her early twenties, she walks away from a passionless marriage to seek out adventure and lead the life she always dreamed of. As a spunky 25-year-old, she meets her match, Les Coles, in balmy Cairns, and together they set about building the boat of their dreams. By the time the Jean King launches, Robyn and Les are fiercely in love and ready to take on the challenges of the professional fishing game.

This is the start of a gripping eight-year sea journey set in the hallucinogenic tropics of Far North Queensland. It also takes Robyn deep into the heart of the exclusively male world of professional fishing. It is physical, tough, and often perilous, but Robyn won't give up until she has not just silenced, but completely won over, even her toughest critics.

Along the way, Robyn develops a remarkable bond with the environment, experiences a deep relationship with indigenous Australians, and collects a swag of colourful and gutsy fishing mates.

But when her one true ally unexpectedly turns on her, Robyn is going to need more resilience and courage than she ever needed - even in the toughest storm at sea.

Robyn's is a quintessentially Australian story about passions: where they can take you, how to walk away from them if they threaten to destroy you, and what is left if you have the courage to do so.

Somewhere Down a Crazy River is also the only factual book ever written about the wild rivers area of Far North Queensland - hers is a wonderfully vivid and exciting adventure, recounting a true story of the land, as well as the amazing people who inhabit it.

Author Information

Robyn Catchlove is a passionate gypsy wanderer, on the move her entire life, and has lived all across Australia, in California and in New Zealand. She is a jack of all trades, and has worked at a range of jobs, including a car yard manager, a real estate agent and a nanny. She also holds a skipper's licence which enables her to master certain trading vessels in all Commonwealth waters. She is now a Tibetan Buddhist, and has spent time in India, Nepal and Tibet. She embraces the unknown willingly.