Matilda thought holidaying on her grandparents’ sheep property in outback Australia would be fun, but she is bored with no friends to do anything with. 
She explores Gran’s old bottle and rubs the dirt off a bottle with red writing. A storm of wind and dust lands her outside an unusual corner store. She finds a way home, and Gran happily shares her treasures. Tilly is captivated by an old ink well Gran used at school and rubs it. She finds herself in a school yard in a uniform she didn’t own.
Back in her grandparents’ yard, she finds a pair of rusty shears in her grandfather’s shed.  Tilly lands in a shearing shed where the men are wearing clothes from a different era, and she is dressed like never before. Tilly realises there is more to her grandparents than she expected.

"Tilly's Holiday. Unexpected Tarvel"

by Judy Wollin