The Flying Padre David Shrimpton has been flying to remote towns in the the far west of NSW with children's author and illustrator Andrew McDonough.

They are on a 10 day tour visiting children in places such as Tibooburra, Wanaaring, Louth, Pooncarie and Clare.

A Home in the Outback's Katherine Waite caught up with Andrew in Broken Hill. He has deep roots to Broken Hill - his great grandfather was a photographer in the early 1900’s.

His grandfather, Charles Rawling, was employed as the mines artist in the 1920’s. His Uncle Max Bohm was the head of one of the mines 60-70’s and he thinks his great uncle was mayor in the 1920’s.