Have you ever ?? spent a night on an old wooden yacht on its side on a mud bank?? been bitten by a tiger snake and survived?? hugged an albatross?? been nearly drowned by a platypus?? operated a remote lighthouse?? been pestered by a pelican?? had a very close encounter with a humpback whale?Paul Abbott has. All these and more. Bunyips, Bogans and Brown Dogs is a collection of tales from a few of his experiences - some mundane, but many others quite unlikely - accumulated over more than 40 years of fishing, boating and almost drowning, near, on, and sometimes reluctantly in, Tasmania's many picturesque waterways."This bloke has stolen my life.I wish I had written it.A very funny book.I believe almost every word of it."-Charles Wooley