The Road to Mount Buggery: A Journey through the Curiously Named Places of Australia
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Author: Mark Whittaker
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 312
"The Road to Mount Buggery" is travel writing at its best; a journey into the most intriguing and uninviting parts of Australia. Living and working as journalists in Sydney, where the most exciting place name is Rooty Hill, Mark Whittaker and Amy Willesee became obsessed with the bizarre place names of outback Australia. Places where explorers and settlers let their suffering endure on the map. Finding 45 Mount Miserys at last count, the authors decided to spend a year exploring their own Map of Misery. With a four-wheel drive, a tent and an unreliable generator-powered fridge, they investigated the fascinating stories that lie behind Australia's Mount Treacherys and Massacre Lakes. Ending, both literally and figuratively, at Mount Buggery, this book is a travel delight, full of humour, incident and character.
Author: Mark Whittaker
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 312
"The Road to Mount Buggery" is travel writing at its best; a journey into the most intriguing and uninviting parts of Australia. Living and working as journalists in Sydney, where the most exciting place name is Rooty Hill, Mark Whittaker and Amy Willesee became obsessed with the bizarre place names of outback Australia. Places where explorers and settlers let their suffering endure on the map. Finding 45 Mount Miserys at last count, the authors decided to spend a year exploring their own Map of Misery. With a four-wheel drive, a tent and an unreliable generator-powered fridge, they investigated the fascinating stories that lie behind Australia's Mount Treacherys and Massacre Lakes. Ending, both literally and figuratively, at Mount Buggery, this book is a travel delight, full of humour, incident and character.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.
Author: Mark Whittaker
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 312
"The Road to Mount Buggery" is travel writing at its best; a journey into the most intriguing and uninviting parts of Australia. Living and working as journalists in Sydney, where the most exciting place name is Rooty Hill, Mark Whittaker and Amy Willesee became obsessed with the bizarre place names of outback Australia. Places where explorers and settlers let their suffering endure on the map. Finding 45 Mount Miserys at last count, the authors decided to spend a year exploring their own Map of Misery. With a four-wheel drive, a tent and an unreliable generator-powered fridge, they investigated the fascinating stories that lie behind Australia's Mount Treacherys and Massacre Lakes. Ending, both literally and figuratively, at Mount Buggery, this book is a travel delight, full of humour, incident and character.
Author: Mark Whittaker
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 312
"The Road to Mount Buggery" is travel writing at its best; a journey into the most intriguing and uninviting parts of Australia. Living and working as journalists in Sydney, where the most exciting place name is Rooty Hill, Mark Whittaker and Amy Willesee became obsessed with the bizarre place names of outback Australia. Places where explorers and settlers let their suffering endure on the map. Finding 45 Mount Miserys at last count, the authors decided to spend a year exploring their own Map of Misery. With a four-wheel drive, a tent and an unreliable generator-powered fridge, they investigated the fascinating stories that lie behind Australia's Mount Treacherys and Massacre Lakes. Ending, both literally and figuratively, at Mount Buggery, this book is a travel delight, full of humour, incident and character.
The Road to Mount Buggery: A Journey through the Curiously Named Places of Australia