Six Feet Under or Up in Smoke by Jim Eames

As one of Australia's first aviation writers, and former press secretary to the Minister for Aviation and former Director of Public Affairs for QANTAS, he is a man who has lived and breathed aviation. Jim Eames is the author of The Country Undertaker, Six Feet Under Up in Smoke and Taking to the Skies. Meet Jim Eames when he introduces The Flying Kangaroo at 6.30pm on Thursday March 17th at Berkelouw Books in Mona Vale.īookings are essential and can be made online by following this link (fees apply), by phone on 9979 2112 or by email to is $ 12.00, $ 5.00 of which will be credited against any purchases made on the evening.

Above all Jim Eames tells the stories of how a uniquely Australian image was brought to an airline that remains very much a part of our national psyche. The Flying Kangaroo delves into the stories of the brilliant risk takers who made QANTAS the safest airline in the world, the special demands of flying VIPs, the stage peccadillos of chairmen and CEOs, the hazards of overseas postings, and the ever present dangers of the skies. A former leader in the airline that bet its (and Australias) future on the 747s, Jim guides us through the jets remarkable design, construction and operations that put Australia on the worlds stage. Jim Eames, a man who has QANTAS running through his veins, brings us the stories of a great airline and the people who made it. Jim Eames takes us on the journey of the Boeing 747, the plane that dominated international travel. He now lives in Gerringong on the south coast of NSW, but spends a lot of time travelling Australia collecting tales of bush life.You are invited to meet Jim Eames when he introduces The Flying Kangaroo.įrom its earliest days, QANTAS has attracted its fair share of unusual challenges. Trained as a journalist, Jim was Qantas's Director of Public Affairs for many years.

Jim Eames is the author of The Country Undertaker, the very funny memoir of his father's life as a bush undertaker. From bush to the city, from the bizarre to the eccentric, Jim Eames lifts the lid on the Aussie way of death in this yarn-filled, informative and sometimes poignant look at life' s last great event. He takes us from the mortuary to the graveside, and explains everything in between, including the art of embalming, the mysteries of coffin design, the mechanics of being buried at sea and the luxuries of the hearse. So what really does happen when our time has come? Jim Eames goes behind the closed doors of Australia's funeral industry.

Yet one way or the other, all of us will eventually meet the man in the black mourning suit or the lady in white - although we'll do just about anything to avoid it. It is also one we'd prefer to pretend did not exist. It is a calling that demands our respect and confidence. There is no profession more indispensable to the community than the funeral director.

Six Feet Under or Up in Smoke by Jim Eames