Hard Country A Golden Bay Life (by Robin Robilliard)

• 2014 edition. 285 pages.
• Publisher. Random House NZ
• Softcover. Format C. B/w and colour photos.
• Condition. Very Good

Robby and Garry Robilliard arrived in Golden Bay in 1957 as a young married couple with a baby. They longed to own their own sheep farm, but a lack of money stood in their way.

Then they found Rocklands, a rundown marginal property in the hills above Takaka. Its three previous owners had gone bust; no wonder Robby came to call it ‘nightmare land’.

Sixty years on, Robby and Garry still call Rocklands home. Hard Countryis Robby’s entertaining story of their decades eking out a living at Rocklands, and their encounters along the way with the many and varied Golden Bay characters.