There's nothing better on a cold night than getting cozy and reading a good book, but when the nearest library or bookstore is more than 400 kilometres away, it can be hard to get your hands on new reading material.
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One man is out to change that, taking donated books out to remote stations and improving the access to people living and working in rural areas.
Luke, as he likes to be known, takes donated books and delivers them to areas like White Cliffs, Camerons Corner, Tibooburra, Inaminka, Wanaaring and into South Australia.
He said he had the idea after seeing a man throwing out books at the tip.
"About a month later I came up with the idea of 'Books for the Outback'," he said.
"It's waste, they are beautiful books and there are people out there on remote stations where there's not a lot of reading material.
"All they've got is the satellite and only get limited times for the kids to do their school work.
"It's not like us with the mobile service, as soon as you get the other side of Nyngan, you've got nothing until you get to Wilcannia then Broken Hill, then after that you've got nothing again.
"A lot of places up there are doing it hard and we always get in and help them out, offer our help to them.
"I do believe this is a big help to the outback people because they do not have a lot of books and they are not as well advanced (technologically) as we are down here."
Having lived and worked on a few remote stations, including Carnegie Station in WA as a bull runner, Luke said there was a strong need for books remotely.
He said most of the time the books came from missionaries, a role he had done in the past.
"I used to deliver bibles for the Presbyterian Church at Narromine," he said.
"Terry Sadler was a close friend of mine, he used to be an outback missionary and I did a run for him but I didn't get a lot of response.
"I only started Books for the Outback this year and put it into action, but when I took this lot of books out this year the feedback was enormous.
"We did eight days worth of delivery and only visited five or six stations.
"First up they were a bit hesitant because they didn't know who I was and I just turned around and once I got talking to them and showed them the books, the children's ones didn't even last two days.
"The only other way people would get books up there would be through missionaries and most of what they take are bibles.
"But we carry a bit of everything."
He said, along the way, he had seen many interesting ideas at encouraging reading and would love to see more communities promoting the past time.
"I believe that all children should be reading more," he said.
"I once stopped at a truck stop on the Mitchell Highway and asked some of the truckies if wanted some books to read, they thought it was awesome.
"So when I came across a fridge up north just out of Bourke at a truck stop with swap a book on it, I thought that was a great idea
"It was decorated and now every time I see the fridge I fill it and I think any community would love it."
Luke said, with such a demand for books, he was always looking for more donations.
"We get a lot of kids books, novels, cook books, craft, it's amazing and I've had a lot of support from the Cowra community, the Coonabarabran United Church and Wee Waa but I'm always looking for more books," he said.
"I've been to Nowra and down to the coast before COVID hit, I'd meet people on the road and tell them about it.
"It all comes out of my own pocket, I go down and pick them up and bring them back here and sort them into sections like drama or science fiction, then put them into boxes.
"If people want to donate books all they need to do is call me or drop them off to Signs R Us, they've supported me well, and the Baptist Church - they'll take books for me.
"The only thing with books I ask that there be no scribble in them - personalisations like "To John" don't matter, and no torn pages - it doesn't matter about dust covers, they can always been taken off."
As well as books, Luke said he was also looking for people to help him make deliveries.
And while the distances were long and the travel slow and steady, he said it was worth it to see how pleased the recipients were.
"I've said to people if they want to do a run they are welcome to come with me," he said.
"If anybody wants to bring their four wheel drive and take a few books they are more than welcome, but it's at their own cost.
"I collect books most of the year and deliver through May because if you go through June or July, you are likely to run into the wet winter and then it doesn't matter how good a four wheel drive you have, you won't go anywhere.
"Some of the stations we go to are 150km to 300km in so you have to have your wits about you and just be polite and courteous at all times.
"The old saying is 'the customer is right' and that's how I operate.
"When people get a bit annoyed I just say 'thank you for your time, it was lovely seeing you and we glad you are alive and well' and we walk away."