After Melbourne-based GP Stephen Whiteside interviewed Pearl Bradshaw in 1987 as part of research for his first book about early pioneers at Mt Hotham, he began to think that her story was a book all its own.
Stephen's first release, 'Snow, Fire and Gold: The Story of Bill Spargo and Evelyn Piper's Life in the Australian Mountains', was published last year.
Since then, he has indeed followed his ear...
