Australia by Stephen Platt
Australia is far-flung and until the airplane overcame the tyranny of distance Australia was terra incognita. Aboriginals of Australia are one of the oldest living peoples of the world having occupied the same territory longer than any other human population, about 50,000 years. They believe their ancestors brought the world into being by naming the landscape and the creatures that inhabit it. They sing to keep the land alive and their songs are stories of ancestor figures and a GPS to help guide them over vast distances. In Sydney and were treated to a spectacular exhibition of Aboriginal art and dance depicting places along the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia but we missed a visit to the Opera House and ferry rides across the harbour because of a mix-up with the flights. In Perth we attended the 60th Perth International Arts Festival with a dawn-dusk opening that aimed to reconcile the Nyungar guardians of Mudurup Rocks at Cottesloe with modern Australia.
Pennine Way is a trip journal in a series that now includes 26 books. We've kept records of our trips over the years. We kept them partly to inspire our grandchildren to travel and enjoy the beauty of our globe and its inhabitants. We also wrote them to keep track of what we'd done and to make sense of it. Conversations with persons we met and descriptions of their daily lives, as well as tales of our journeys, are included in the narratives. Check www.leveretcroft.com for further information.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780995768055 |
| ISBN 10 | 0995768056 |
| Title | Australia |
| Author | Stephen Platt |
| Series | Travel Journal |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Leveret Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-08-07 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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