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Rating: 
Summary: Super!
Review: Fabulous coffee table book. Makes you feel as though you've been to the Outback. Great photography - good writing
Rating:
Summary: Super!
Review: Fabulous coffee table book. Makes you feel as though you've been to the Outback. Great photography - good writing
Rating: 
Summary: O.k. if you are planning a trip to Outback OZ
Review: No, sorry, this is not a "coffee table" book, although it does have very nice photos and some well thought out adventure stories to share. For the most part this a short travel guide published by a freelance photographer. I highly recommend it if you are heading to the outback, and or you are wanting something with good photos to get an idea of what you are getting into. This book will not replace Fodor's, or another tourist guidebook, and it is not as good as the photo books by Ken Duncan, Penny Tweedie, or Peter Conrad.
Seven chapters cover these areas; 1. The Red Centre: Katajuta aka:The Olgas, Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock), Kings Canyon, Alice Springs, Gorge Gill, Ormiston Gorge, and a few other spots are mentioned. 2. Tropical Outback: Cooinda, Katherine Gorge, Edith Falls, Gulf Country, and Burketown. 3. The North-West: Kimberly & Pilbara, The Great Kimberley Loop, Cockburn Range, Wyndham, Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Kununurra, Geikie gorge, Hamersley Range near Wittenoom, Hamersley Range, and few other places just touched on in the writing. 4. The Deserts: Simpson, Great Sandy, Tanami, Sturt, Great Victoria, and Gibson. Notes about the Gunbarrel Higghway, and the Canning Runs. 5. The Great Tracks: (stock routes) Birdsville, Australian railway line, and Oodnatta. 6. Flinders Ranges: (in South Australia) Bunyeroo Valley, Brachina Gorge, Arkaroola, and many, many places that get mentioned but not fully explored in the text. 7. Beyond the Black Stump; more or less a summary of everything that is "anywhere in the outback." Kind of an Aussie state of mind, that personal line that is crossed when you've reached "a place lying at the edge of a mythical horizon". In other words, you're not in Kansas anymore.
I appreciated that the author has included some photos of flora & fauna oddities such as a Perentie lizard, Paddy Melons, Brumbies, and desert Peas. Although many of the photos are of landscapes that you could find in a book about Australia's National Parks (yes the author has published one of those too) but felt that few of those photos, while very nice, are not anything I find stunning compared to other professional photographers works already in publication. I give this work three stars because it is o.k., kinda average, but doesn't leave you wanting to plan your next adventure the way other texts do.
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