Desert trekking
5 comments June 16th, 2010
I had a great week with the Talking Heads program, the Emerging Writers’ Festival, and another TV invitation – this time for SBS insight program, on July 20th. I am looking forward to that one!
In the meantime, I am heading off next week to Cooper Pedy, where I have been privileged to be invited to walk with a charity called Delhuntie, who focus on working with teenagers who have faced personal challenges in their home lives. We will be walking from Cooper Pedy to William Creek, and back again – about 170km each way. I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to simply go for a walk – all I have to do is carry my own gear every day! Somebody else is cooking, setting up camp – now, THIS is the kind of walking I could get used to.
It is a wonderful thought to be only days away from sleeping in the Big Empty again, and this time in my own country. Fantastic.
In the meantime, I am aware that life will start to move very quickly when I get back – I am working the ski season on Mt Buller again, and then going back to the UK when I finish the winter. I have a lot of ideas in the pipeline, and yet again, as if I am at the beginning of my journey, the UK seems the best place to organise them all from.
When I post again, I hope I will have some photos to show you of the desert here in beautiful Australia, and some new stories to tell. And in the meantime – I wish you all well, and hope you are having adventures of your own.