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From Snow to Ash
Solitude, soul-searching and survival on Australia's toughest hiking trail
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The incredible, inspiring story of a solo journey through Australia's toughest and most beautiful hiking trail - the Australian Alps Walking Track - for fans of INTO THE WILD by Jon Krakauer or Cheryl Strayed's WILD and anyone who dreams of iconic wilderness walks
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At the start of the hellish, fiery Australian summer of 2019/20, Walkley Award-winning journalist and suburban dad Anthony Sharwood set off on a journey. Abandoning his post on a busy news website to clear his mind, he solo-trekked the Australian Alps Walking Track, Australia's most gruelling and breathtakingly beautiful mainland hiking trail, which traverses the entirety of the legendary High Country from Gippsland in Victoria to the outskirts of Canberra.
The journey started in a blizzard and ended in a blaze. Along the way, this lifelong lover of the mountains came to realise that nothing would ever be the sameβeither for him or for the imperilled Australian Alps, a landscape as fragile and sensitive to the changing climate as the Great Barrier Reef.
From Snow to Ash is a poignant reflection on a transformative journey and a tribute to a changing landscape.
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From Snow to Ash by Anthony Sharwood is praised for its engaging mix of adventure memoir and humour. Reviewers highlight its tribute to the Snowy Mountains and the author's effective storytelling, which intertwines personal experience with environmental insights. The book has been noted for bringing deserved attention to the Australian Alps Walking Track, blending a compelling narrative with considerations of the region's history and ecological challenges.
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ISBN: 9780733645280
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 August 2020
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Anthony Sharwood is a Walkley Award-winning journalist who has worked in TV, newspapers, magazines and online news sites. Formerly a sportswriter who covered several Olympic Games, he now specialises in the environment, climate and weather. In 2020 he released the acclaimed From Snow to Ash, a love letter to the Australian High Country written after walking the Australian Alps Walking Track and in 2021 he explored the passionate environmental and cultural battle over Australia's wild horses in The Brumby Wars. His books Kosciuszko and Bring Your A Game are both 2024 releases.
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It's not just a war over horses. It's a battle for the soul of Australia. This is a book about the intense culture war raging around Australia's wild horses, known as brumbies. It pits a vision of the legendary Man from Snowy River and the iconic ANZAC Light Horse against the spectre of ecosystems destroyed by feral pests. The debate...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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