The crossing : a memoir of love, adventure and finding your own path / Camels Cameleers Walking Adventure and adventurers COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Self-reliant living. Resilience (Personality trait) Self-actualization (Psychology)
Matterson, Sophie,
The crossing : a memoir of love, adventure and finding your own path / Sophie Matterson. - xii, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
In 2020, at the age of thirty-one, Sophie Matterson set out to walk her five camels from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Byron Bay on the east coast. At a time when most of her friends were getting engaged or starting families, Sophie longed for adventure, independence and purpose. She broke up with her long-term boyfriend, packed all her belongings into saddlebags and trained her wild camels to follow her lead. Her thirteen-month solo crossing was the ultimate test of resilience and self-sufficiency - with each state in various forms of lockdowns, Sophie would often walk for weeks without seeing another soul. She crossed harsh, remote deserts, navigated treacherously beautiful salt lakes, and visited country towns and isolated cattle stations.
9781761068829 1761068822
Matterson, Sophie.
Matterson, Sophie--Travel--Australia.
Camels--Australia.
Cameleers--Australia--Biography.
Walking--Australia.
Adventure and adventurers--Australia--Biography.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Australia.
Self-reliant living.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Australia--Description and travel.
Autobiographies.
919.40463
The crossing : a memoir of love, adventure and finding your own path / Sophie Matterson. - xii, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
In 2020, at the age of thirty-one, Sophie Matterson set out to walk her five camels from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Byron Bay on the east coast. At a time when most of her friends were getting engaged or starting families, Sophie longed for adventure, independence and purpose. She broke up with her long-term boyfriend, packed all her belongings into saddlebags and trained her wild camels to follow her lead. Her thirteen-month solo crossing was the ultimate test of resilience and self-sufficiency - with each state in various forms of lockdowns, Sophie would often walk for weeks without seeing another soul. She crossed harsh, remote deserts, navigated treacherously beautiful salt lakes, and visited country towns and isolated cattle stations.
9781761068829 1761068822
Matterson, Sophie.
Matterson, Sophie--Travel--Australia.
Camels--Australia.
Cameleers--Australia--Biography.
Walking--Australia.
Adventure and adventurers--Australia--Biography.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Australia.
Self-reliant living.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Australia--Description and travel.
Autobiographies.
919.40463