GARY OPITS NEW AUSTRALIAN CRYPTOZOOLOGY BOOK !!!!

[Mike Williams]

Gary Opit has just finished his book and it looks very interesting!!
Below is his summary.


I have finally finished writing & self published, limited edition, 162 page
illustrated book Australian Cryptozoology, with the first ever drawings from
life of yowies & field research by Pixie Byrnes, and includes contents as
below. Now available for $55 a copy, postage included. Included is a drawing
by a Kakadu national park ranger of an ancient Aboriginal cave painting of
the striped marsupial cat & drawings of the animal by various witnesses. If
you are interested, please send me a postal note for $55 & post to Gary Opit
PO Box 383 Brunswick Heads NSW 2483 with your postal address.

Introduction Cryptozoology
Chapter One The Australian Environment
Chapter Two The Aboriginal People and the Australian Mind
Chapter three The Australian Hairy Man, Australian Gorilla or Yowie
Chapter Four Pixie Byrnes' Research on the Yowies
Chapter Five The Search for Evidence of the Yowie
Chapter Six Yowie Tree Rips and Territorial Marker Sticks
Chapter Seven A Short History of Yowie Reports
Chapter Eight Njimbin, Junjadee or Little Hairy Man 76
Chapter Nine Homo erectus, Evidence for its Survival
Chapter Ten The Striped Marsupial Cat
Chapter Eleven Australian Big Cats
Chapter Twelve The Bunyip
Chapter Thirteen Mainland Thylacine, the Marsupial Wolf
Chapter Fourteen The Ri or New Guinea Mermaid and the Evolution of Humanity

[lil foot]

hey mike, is their any site where we can read extracts from the book? would love too know a bit more about it before i commit 50 odd bucks, thanks mate

[Mike Williams]

Hey littlefoot

Good question...
Gary might be able to help you out with that one.
[email protected]

Mike

[topender]

yeah I'll fork out fifty for a book by Gary, his views are well grounded , i look forward to receiving mine

[mikka]

Mike, By postal note you mean Money order from the post office ? Might be a different term up here in Banana land

[Shazzoir]

Ha ha! Whatever it's called, I just posted mine to Gary! Looking forward to reading his book a LOT.

Shazz

[Mike Williams]

Hey Mikka...I think he means post office money order...though I am sure he would take nay form of money order..
Nice OZ slang gag there Doc... !!

Mike

[mikka]

Hey Mikka...I think he means post office money order...though I am sure he would take nay form of money order..

Mike

Point taken Mike, just gets a bit confusing with all the payment options going around these days

[topender]

tried emailing Gary for payment arrangment ...no response

[Shazzoir]

I've just PM'd you, Topper.

Kind regards,
Shazz

[Shazzoir]

Today was not a good day. I had to have my 16 year old cat put to sleep, as he had a tumour growing on his jaw inside his mouth. I'm lost without him, he's been my shadow since the day his mother decided to give birth to him on my bed all those years ago.

I've just gone out for a bit of a walk, and find a package on my doorstep. It's from Gary Opit! It's my book!

Something good to keep my mind off my sorrow, I'll probably have the whole thing read by sunrise tomorrow. Thanks Gary, your timing is perfect, as I need something to distract.

I'll report in a day or two vis a vis Gary's book.

Shazz

[Dion]

I'll report in a day or two vis a vis Gary's book.

Shazz

Look forward to it shazz

[stickyfingers]

...sorry to hear about your cat Shazz ... enjoy reading the book and by the sound of it... you are a quick reader... unlike me... it takes me ages to read one... cheers... Stickyfingers.

[Shazzoir]

Sorry guys and girls, been caught up with work and study stuff.... here's my late homework!

OK, well, here goes:

Gary Opit's book, with drawings by Pixie Byrnes was brilliant.

Gary starts by setting the scene with some history of Cryptid sightings over the years, many of which are carefully referenced. The book is divided into sections, with Yowies, Thylacines and other less described cryptids, with witness accounts and details of the areas the creature was sighted in. I was amazed at the areas I've been to that have had sightings/contacts. At the time of reading the last half of the book (which I did in one night because I couldn't put it down) I was in northern NSW, and many of the towns I had driven through the day before had recorded sightings. From what I've read, I'd say there really is a good chance there is a thylacine/thylacoleo/dayasuroid or something similar getting around in nothern NSW!

A respectable amount of research has obviously gone into the book, and it was really satisifying to see a number of indigenous views and stories included.

There is a section at the back featuring some very interesting photographs and witness drawings, and Pixie's account and drawings of the Yowies she has had contact with are both captivating and energising. Her approach seems to work for her and her local hairy people.

I don't want to go too much into it or I'll spoil it for you, but if anyone wants a recommendation, I'd say definitely read this book! Topper, what's your review?

I give this book overall 8.5/10 (there were a few printing errors, with passages repeated and a few proofreading errors - that's the pedantic science nerd in me that noticed!)
Pictures and diagrams 8.5/10 (many I'd not seen before)
The "I can't put it down" factor 9.5/10

I'll post this in the Gary Opit's new book thread as well in case it gets a bit lost here.

Kind regards,
Shazz

[Jo Blose]

Just letting everyone know Gary Opit can now be contacted at the below email address for purchases of his book:


[email protected]

[Ruby Lang]

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