Tracks Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson Tutorial
We had the honour of watching a great movie last weekend called “Tracks” which was based on a Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson (played by Mia Wasikowska) from 8/4/1977 to 20/10/1977, and which you can see the route taken in an interactive map below by clicking this link.
If you’ve opened the map above (potentially), and you know a bit about Australian geography, and this is all new to you, you probably now have a mix of questions and emotions …
- Why? … perhaps read the book and/or see the movie
- How … incredible grit, resourcefulness and determination, accompanied by 1 dog (Diggity) and 3 camels (which needed 2 years of research to be able to handle, three intense months of which were with an excellent Afghan camel expert Sallay) and very occasional National Geographic photography meetings with Rick Smolan (as well as financial support from them too), and three weeks with Mr Eddie, a Pitjantjatjara elder and tracker, and people like the Glen-Ayle Homestead owners
- Where … Australia’s outback in parts of Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia, mainly in desert areas such as the Gibson Desert
- When … 8/4/1977 to 20/10/1977 … avoiding summer
Apart from thanks to Robyn Davidson for inspiration here, a big thanks today go to najhaus.files.wordpress.com regarding the map image and Google search engine and Wikipedia online encyclopaedia and the brilliant Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia at the very least.
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