Camels are still trained in Alice Springs for tourist jaunts and for occasional sale to Australia’s zoos. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
You have to remember that I was an Australian girl of the Fifties and Sixties. For Australians at that time, it was imperative to get out of the country and discover the world. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
Some instinct – and I think it was a correct one – led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
As we’ve lost this idea of pilgrimage, we’ve lost this idea of human beings walking for a very, very long time. It does change you. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
During these last ten thousand years, we have made massive, unprecedented changes to the environment, creating problems for ourselves that we may not be able to solve. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
