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Antipodean Rob An Idiot On A Farm
It started with a nice house, then came the grass. Before long, there were sheep. A city boy from Scotland suddenly found himself in the mid-north of South Australia-surrounded by drought, snakes, and sheep that refused to cooperate.
What do you get when you take a Scottish mental health nurse, drop him in the Australian outback, and leave him alone with a dodgy ute, a Border Collie, and an unreliable water pump?
You get Antipodean Rob-the self-deprecating voice behind Bishop FM's weekly tales-who somehow finds humor in breakdowns (mechanical and emotional), wisdom in plumbing disasters, and poetry in heartbreak.
Told with sharp wit and striking vulnerability, An Idiot on a Farm is a collection of true stories that tread the line between hilarious and gut-wrenching. Whether he's being dive-bombed by wild birds or reading a farewell poem under moonlight to a baby lost too soon, Rob reinvents the wheel weekly-always rolling forward, no matter how uneven the terrain.
This isn't just a memoir-it's a reminder that sometimes, life only makes sense when you tell it out loud, with a laugh in your throat and mud on your boots.
Will Rob ever get the pump working? Will the sheep ever respect him? And will anyone-dog included-finally listen?
What do you get when you take a Scottish mental health nurse, drop him in the Australian outback, and leave him alone with a dodgy ute, a Border Collie, and an unreliable water pump?
You get Antipodean Rob-the self-deprecating voice behind Bishop FM's weekly tales-who somehow finds humor in breakdowns (mechanical and emotional), wisdom in plumbing disasters, and poetry in heartbreak.
Told with sharp wit and striking vulnerability, An Idiot on a Farm is a collection of true stories that tread the line between hilarious and gut-wrenching. Whether he's being dive-bombed by wild birds or reading a farewell poem under moonlight to a baby lost too soon, Rob reinvents the wheel weekly-always rolling forward, no matter how uneven the terrain.
This isn't just a memoir-it's a reminder that sometimes, life only makes sense when you tell it out loud, with a laugh in your throat and mud on your boots.
Will Rob ever get the pump working? Will the sheep ever respect him? And will anyone-dog included-finally listen?
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Published June 18, 2025
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