Walking with Camels by Leni Shilton

Walking with Camels by Leni ShiltonIn this volume, Leni Shilton offers us a womans exploration of loss and survival in a savagely beautiful landscape. The story of Bertha Strehlow a brilliant observer and connector of people explores years of endurance and loss as she and her anthropologist husband travelled central Australia in the early 20th century. Drawn from her diaries and years of research, Leni Shilton weaves Berthas tale in poetry of stark beauty, threaded through with a deep

redneck racist and female patrol officer armed with balls of steel

From poems that whisper to poems that roar

to the love stories of Wiluna and the whale story of Margaret River

Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies

everything

But while she is on the run in the world's biggest

connection

“There will come a day when a thousand Illegals descend on your detention centres

from the fruit and vegetable growers who cultivate pests as well as potatoes

a smart little girl decides to ask the whales what everyone can do to help

ù “ Geraldine McCaughreanA silver brumby is a rare and special creature

How I wonder what you are