Drawing from more than forty years of experience as an outdoorsman, & probably the world`s best known long distance walker who also writes, Chris Townsend describes the landscapes & wildlife, the walkers & climbers, & the authors who have influenced him in this lucid & beautiful book. Writing from his home in the heart of the Cairngorms he discusses the wild, its importance to civilisation & how we cannot do without it. ...

Out There: The Solar System for Tourists Map/ Guide from Herb Lester Associates for all those among us who have already ‘been there & done that’. As the publishers put it: “ If you have a spaceship capable of taking one of our three Grand Tours of the solar system, & a suit to protect you……….. Bon voyage”. Some of the recommended locations have already been visited, Cape Canaveral or the Baikonur launching pads, or for that matter the Sea of Tranquility & the other landing sites of the six Apollo missions, but there’s still plenty left in the solar system for the adventurous among us! To see the list of the publishers’ Map/guides to more Earthly locations please click on the series link. ...

Street atlas of the Laurentide, Outaouais & Abitibi area, including Angers, Aylmer, Bellefeuille, Buckingham, Chelsea, Connaught Gardens, Deleage, Des Ruisseaux, Domaine-Raymond, Gatineau, Hull, Rouyn-Noranda, Ste Agathe, St Jerome, Ste Therese, Val d` Or & other locations. The atlas is part of an extensive coverage of Canadian cities & towns from the country’s largest map publisher, Map Art. The mapping is usually at 1:25, 000 or 1:31, 250. Colouring distinguishes general build-up areas, shopping centres, public buildings & institutions, historical sites & places of interest, parks, etc. One way streets & pedestrian zones are indicated & a wide range of symbols shows parking facilities, bus terminals, metro and/or railway stations, various public facilities & services, places of interest, recreational centres, etc. Local neighbourhoods are named & municipal & quadrant boundaries are marked. In titles covering more than one city or town, each section is accompanied by overview maps indicating areas covered by the street plans. Each title has a full street index for all localities covered by it. Map legend is either bilingual in English & French or in English only.* Please note:* following a number changes among Canadian cartographic publishers maps previously published by Map Art Publishing may now be available under one of the following imprints: Map Art, Canadian Cartographics Corporation or JDM Géo Inc. Within a series, therefore, some titles may still be published as Map Art whilst others will be available as Canadian Cartographics Corporation or JDM Géo Inc. ...

Touring map of the western part of New South Wales, from Wagga Wagga & Mildura to southern Queensl&, & from Dubbo to across the border with South Australia. Road information

Includes:: minor roads & dirt tracks, most with driving distances, & places with different types of fuel supplies are indicated. Symbols also show accommodation facilities, campsites & bush camping areas, rest areas with various facilities, general stores & eateries, places of interest, etc. Topography is shown by altitude colouring, with names of hills & peaks, seasonal lakes, areas prone to flooding, etc. Latitude/longitude grid is at 1

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Outback New South Wales, from Sydney to the state’s western & northern borders, on an indexed touring map at 1:1, 100, 000 from Hema with numerous cross-country tracks verified by the publisher’s own fieldwork, plus enlargements for four popular areas, a table of facilities in national parks, etc. With Sydney on the eastern edge of the map, coverage extends south to Wagga Wagga & west to include the adjoining regions of South Australia & north-western corner of Victoria along the Murray River. Topography is shown by relief shading with names of mountain ranges, hills, etc. Colouring indicates national parks, & other protected l&. Road information is divided into two groups: roads & tracks which were plotted by the publishers during fieldwork & other tracks shown on the country’s 250K topographic survey maps & on other sources. A range of symbols highlights various facilities, including roadside rest areas, fuel stations, car repair workshops, accommodation & campsites, meals & general stores, water supplies, Flying Doctor bases, police stations & medical facilities, etc. Also marked are the boundaries of the Pest Free Area & the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone. The map has latitude & longitude lines at 1° intervals. The index is next to the main map. On the reverse enlargements show in greater detail four national parks: Mungo, Kinchega, Strut & Mutawintji. A table shows facilities available in the region’s numerous national parks. Also provided are extensive notes about main places of interest, illustrated with colour photos, plus a list of useful contact addresses. To see other titles in Hema’s series of regional maps of Australia please click on the series link. ...

Outback Queensland on touring map at 1:1, 1, 500, 000 from Hema highlighting 19 recommended tourist routes, with on the reverse eight panels showing the region’s most popular national parks in greater detail, plus a table with tourist facilities in 24 national parks, descriptions of places of interest, etc. The map covers the south-western part of Queensl&, including the deserts in the north-eastern corner of South Australia, extending east to Toowoomba & along the coast to Mackay, Rockhampton & Gladstone, plus north to Mount Isa & the Flinders Highway. Topography is well presented by relief shading with plenty of names of mountain ranges, peaks, etc, plus colouring and/or graphics for areas liable to inundation, sand ridges, salt flats, national parks & other protected or restricted entry areas, etc. Road network indicates unsealed roads, clearly shows road numbers & names, & gives locations of fuel supply points. Outback roads & tracks indicate routes which have been GPS-plotted by the publishers themselves during fieldwork. On overprint highlights 19 recommended tourist routes. Railway lines are shown with stations & airfields/airstrips are marked, indicating Flying Doctors Service Bases. Symbols mark tourist information centres, various roadside rest areas, campsites & bush camping sites, general stores & car repair facilities, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals. The index is on the reverse side which also

Includes:: panels showing in greater detail most visited national parks: Diamantina, Idalia, Currawinya, Bladensburg & Carnarvon, with three further enlargements of the Carnarvon Gorge. Also provided is a table showing tourist facilities in the region’s national parks, a list of contact details for Visitor Information Centres, plus extensive notes about places of interest illustrated with colour photos. To see other titles in Hema’s series of detailed regional road maps of Australia please click on the series link.

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A pictorial celebration of Australia as seen through the eyes of people working on the l&. In March 2013, Dan Mc Intosh had an idea. A station cook & keen photographer, he wanted to share the pictures he had taken of the outback life he loved so much. Encouraged by his sister, he started a community Facebook page called Station Photos. Dan wasn`t expecting much but within days the bush telegraph kicked in & pretty soon thousands of people were liking & contributing their own photos to the page. A year on, Station Photos has almost 50, 000 followers & a staggering 30 million views from around the world. What people love so much about Station Photos is that it`s real. Real people taking photos on their phones & cameras of what makes them laugh (and cry), the land they love, their kids, their mates & their animals. It`s a way of life that most Australians
- living in the cities & along the coast
- never get to experience, yet it embodies so much of the spirit & folklore of Australia. Outback Stations was born from a competition on the Station Photos page to show a day in the life of an outback station. the response was positively overwhelming
- & the very best of the images are featured in this book. Like the Facebook page, this book is a celebration of country Australia & the way we live & enjoy life on the l&.


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1957, & Lewis Aldridge is travelling back to his home in the South of Engl&. He is straight out of jail & nineteen years old. His return will trigger the implosion not just of his family, but of a whole community. A decade earlier, his father`s homecoming casts a different shape. The war is over & Gilbert has recently been demobbed. He reverts easily to suburban life
- cocktails at six thirty, church on Sundays
- but his wife & young son resist the stuffy routine. Lewis & his mother escape to the woods for picnics, just as they did in wartime days. Nobody is surprised that Gilbert`s wife counters convention, but they are all shocked when, after one of their jaunts, Lewis comes back without her. Not far away, Kit Carmichael keeps watch. She has always understood more than most, not least from what she has been dealt by her own father`s h&. Lewis`s grief & burgeoning rage are all too plain, & Kit makes a private vow to help. But in her attempts to set them both free, she fails to predict the painful & horrifying secrets that must first be forced into the open. As menacing as it is beautiful, The Outcast is a devastating portrait of small-town hypocrisy from an astonishing new voice.

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Get active with the Outdoor Adventure range from Brainstorm. Explore the hidden world with the Outdoor Adventure Microscope. This high quality, handheld microscope means that you can see the world in close-up. Perfect for on-the-go exploration, field trips & outdoor adventures. The easy to use zoom gives 20x to 40x magnification with no focussing required. With built in LED illumination small objects can be viewed with brightness & precision. The break-away lanyard allows the microscope to be kept easily at hand whilst outdoors or even around the home. Start using the microscope straight away by uncovering a secret code hidden on the packaging & enter into our online prize draw. ...

The substantial torch has a bright red LED light, which preserves your natural night vision. Perfect for night hikes & map reading. Go on a nocturnal safari or use to read star maps. Great for camping & spooky stories. With glow in the dark on-off button, belt hook & an anti-roll feature. ...