Research Catalog

Title

Australia : true stories from life down under / edited by Larry Habegger.

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : Travelers' Tales, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Habegger, Larry.

Description

xv, 364 p. : map; 21 cm.

Summary

"Travelers’ Tales Australia will enchant those fascinated by the land down under. From Outback to rain forest, Great Barrier Reef to the Red Center, Australia offers a chance for adventure beyond your wildest dreams. Whether it’s biking across the Nullabor Plateau, drifting through a billabong searching for crocs, or surfing the big one, you will find it in this island-country-continent, and in this collection of true and fascinating stories that reveal the many facets of Australia. Notable authors include: Robyn Davidson, Tim Cahill, Bruce Chatwin, Robert Hughes, Tony Horwitz, Jan Morris, Pico Iyer, Ronald Wright, William T. Vollmann, Tony Perrottet, and Paul Theroux"--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Travelers' Tales guides

Uniform Title

Travelers' Tales guides.

Subject

• Travelers > Australia
• Travelers' writings
• Australia > Description and travel

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A rock and a hard place / Ronald Wright -- Sing / Bruce Chatwin -- Patterns in the sand / Robyn Davidson -- Five thousand miles from anywhere / Pico Iyer -- Shearing time / Jill Ker Conway -- Fear of frying / Richard Menzies -- Down a lazy river / Roff Martin Smith -- Speak Oz / Tim Cahill -- The coral galaxy / Stephen Harrigan -- Rai / James G. Cown -- Sydney reflections / Jan Morris -- On the bus / Christina Boufis -- Queensland caravan / Clark Norton -- My brilliant surfing career / Lucy Friedland -- Aussie rules football / Doug Lansky -- Bedrock City / Joanne Meszoly -- Looking for dinner / Tony Perrottet -- Platypus hunter / Tim Cahill -- Bondi Beach / Gary A. Warner -- Link to another world / Andrew Tarica -- Cutting teeth in Queensland / Robert L. Strauss -- Fraser sand / Tony Perrottet -- The beachcomber / Paul Theroux -- The red centre / Susan Storm -- Report from Quinkan country / Greg Child -- A Visit to the Wandjina / Harvey Arden -- Eco Trippers / Tom Mueller -- In hot pursit / Stephanie Speakman -- A wile ride in Armhem land / Larry Habegger -- An island to ourselves / Diane Christiansen -- Sand sailing / Tony Horwitz -- The peacock's tail /David Yeadon -- Thirst / Roff Martin Smith -- The persistence of rain / Michelle Snider -- Being prey / Val Plumwood -- A plague of mice / Allen Noren -- Storm warning / Bryan Burrough -- The street of stares / William T. Vollmann -- Noodling / Tony Horwitz.

ISBN

1885211406 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99043355^

OCLC

42027546

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library