How Bill Aplin's tales kept the legend alive

By Kim-Maree Burton
Updated January 15 2020 - 10:20am, first published 9:58am
Bill Aplin as host of the Inland Motel which he built in the early 1960s.
Bill Aplin as host of the Inland Motel which he built in the early 1960s.

The State Member for Mount Isa and former Mayor of the city, Angelo Bertoni, introduced Bill Aplin's book Out in The Great North West by reminding readers of the toil, tears and sweat of the old 'bushies' who gave colour to the region.

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