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100 1 _aMatterson, Sophie,
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245 1 4 _aThe crossing :
_ba memoir of love, adventure and finding your own path /
_cSophie Matterson.
264 1 _aCrows Nest, NSW :
_bAllen & Unwin,
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2023.
300 _axii, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, map, portraits ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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520 _aIn 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.
600 1 0 _aMatterson, Sophie.
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600 1 0 _aMatterson, Sophie
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650 0 _aCamels
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650 0 _aCameleers
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650 0 _aWalking
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650 0 _aAdventure and adventurers
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650 0 _aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
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650 0 _aSelf-reliant living.
650 0 _aResilience (Personality trait)
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650 0 _aSelf-actualization (Psychology)
651 0 _aAustralia
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