Explorers Wanted! : In the Outback

Explorers Wanted!

by Simon Chapman

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to journey to the other side of the world, to brave a land of desert and desolation - the Australian Outback. The last great land mass to be discovered by Europeans, the Aboriginal tribes settled here thousands of years earlier, establishing a rich and colourful culture. What secrets does this strange land hold? And which rare animals will you encounter? It's not just cuddly koalas you should prepare to meet...Will you survive? If anyone can help you, Simon Chapman can.

96 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Simon has been entertaining adults and children with stories of his real-life adventures since 2001. He has recently returned from trekking around high snow peaks in Sichuan, China- where he was searching for the locations that inspired the novel, ‘Lost Horizon’ with its fabled hidden valley of ‘Shangri La’.