The Dog Fence: A Journey Across the Heart of Australia

The Dog Fence: A Journey Across the Heart of Australia

by James Woodford
The Dog Fence: A Journey Across the Heart of Australia

The Dog Fence: A Journey Across the Heart of Australia

by James Woodford

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Overview

The Dog Fence is an enthralling account of a most unusual journey over sand, gibber plains and salt lakes. It is about the hazards of travel, the lessons of history and the passion and resilience of the men and women on the land.

At 5400 kilometres, the Dog Fence is one of the longest man-made structures on Earth. It slices across Australia's desert heart, dividing the continent to keep dingoes away from livestock.

James Woodford embarks on a journey to follow its length, travelling some of the loneliest and harshest country in the world. He begins on a clifftop overlooking the Great Australian Bight and ends in the foothills of Queensland's Bunya Mountains. He meets many of the remarkable people who maintain this amazing barrier as he passes through rocket ranges, nuclear test areas, sacred sites and places where nineteenth-century explorers perished.

'Award-winning author James Woodford follows the fence on an epic journey through some of the loneliest and harshest country in the world…A thrilling account of a little known Australia, this is a funny, warm and compelling tale of the outback, bushmen and wildlife.' Age


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781921834912
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Publication date: 07/05/2004
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

James Woodford is a science and environment writer for the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1996 he won the Eureka Prize for environmental journalism, and was awarded the prestigious Michael Daley prize for science journalism in 1996 and 1997. His hugely entertaining book on wombats, The Secret Life of Wombats, won the Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book. He lives with his family on the south coast of NSW.
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