Hank the Yank Down Under is the first of a series of memoirs from Chris Wallace, who came to Australia for the first time in the 1960s. Chance took him to a cattle station in the Northern Territory.That story and the others in this book paint a picture of a true Australian adventure which is ongoing to the present day and shows a life in Australia that challenges the imagination.It includes stories about finding gold, having his portrait submitted for the Archibald Prize, challenging Ray Martin's report of the first Ali - Frazier fight, as well as stories of friendship and hope and tragedy and serendipity and love, all of which took place since he came here to live at the age of sixty in 1994. This book is the first episode of a remarkable life.