The play was presented by Bert Bailey who had great success adapting Rudd's On Our Selection.
[4] Reviewing a 1916 production Punch said "The characters are all typically Australian, and if thev arc slightly overdrawn the exaggeration may be pardoned for the amount of fun which the strong drawing causes.
"[5] The Sydney Morning Herald said it "has less plot in it than its companion picture of out-back life, On Our Selection, and it tolles even more evidently upon a succession of practical jokes; but it is a wonderful laugh maker.
"[6] Reviewing a 1918 production the Age said the play "cannot be considered seriously, but audiences seem none the less pleased with it.
Its humor is of the brond type, depending upou incongruity of character and incident more than wit.