Bernie Shakeshaft & James Knight - Back on Track

Bernie Shakeshaft is a national treasure, making a difference to so many young lives. Join us for the launch of Back on Track, a thought-provoking and heart-warming story of how one man (and his working dogs) is giving rural kids, on their last chance, a second chance, co-authored by Bernie and James Knight.

As a kid, Bernie was a bit of wild one. As an adult, he had a variety of outback jobs before working for youth welfare organisations, and all the while he built up his knowledge about helping wayward youths, including those from Indigenous communities.

Years later, he'd been visiting too many kids in prison and going to too many funerals. The usual methods weren't working. That reckless, mischievous kid inside him decided he could do better. He started a youth program called BackTrack, with three aims: to keep troubled kids alive, out of jail and chasing their…