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Babs2Brisbane
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Join eco-bridesmaid Barbara Haddrill as she travels overland from Wales to Australia for her friends wedding. Taking in three continents, eighteen countries and a diverse, joyful and sometimes dangerous array of characters and experiences Babs finds out just how hard it is sometimes to do the right thing for the environment and for your friends.
Once in a while fate sets you off in a direction you never expected. When Barbara Haddrill was asked to be a bridesmaid at her friend's wedding in Australia she decided to take the most eco-friendly route possible. Giving up on the easy option - a long haul flight that would have got her to Brisbane in 24 hours - she set off on what was to become an incredible nine-month overland journey. This journey changed her life and let to a worldwide debate about air travel. Feted and attacked by journalists and internet bloggers she became the centre of a media storm that threatened to overshadow the whole trip. Half way through her epic adventure, stranded in the Australian outbreak, reliant on the good will of truckers to get her past a dangerous cyanide spill, she fell to a low point of emotional exhaustion, leading her to question the whole point of her journey. Can one person really make a difference?
Weight | 0.500000 |
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Author | Haddrill, Barbara |
Availability | IP |
Department | Travel Writing |
Format | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781902175584 |
Pages | 416 |
Published | 11/02/2009 |
Publisher | Centre for Alternative Technology |
Section | Travel Writing: General |
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