The outback is farewelling one of its ‘true blue’ characters with the passing of legendary camel man Mick James. Those who knew him would agree that Mick James packed a lot into those 73 years. Mick was renowned across the bush for his larger-than-life exploits – many of them centred around his beloved Canbelego Pub, east of Cobar. Desite the pub’s remote location, Mick attracted enough attention to put it on the map