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The story of Jaxie, a boy on the run from his past…
The Shepherd’s Hut
What you need to know before your trail
For years Jaxie Clackton has dreaded going home. His beloved mum is dead, and he wishes his dad was too, until one terrible moment leaves his life stripped to nothing. No one ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful what he wishes for.
And so Jaxie runs. There’s just one person in the world who understands him, but to reach her he’ll have to cross the vast saltlands of Western Australia. It is a place that harbours criminals and threatens to kill those who haven’t reckoned with its hot, waterless vastness. This is a journey only a dreamer – or a fugitive – would attempt.
Travel Guide
Western Australian saltlands
Western Australian saltlands
The empty salt lands of Western Australia…
Jaxie Clackton is barely a teenager on the run from the authorities. It’s only vague where he is – but it’s certain that it’s somewhere in mid WA. This is the area known as The Saltlands,a part of the country
This landscape is one of the bush, the Australian bush and the dry, dusty desert. The water sources are only those of salt lakes, ridges and not much else. There is so little water that the flies seem to be taking over, the animals normally grazing in fields are now dying. There’s little apart from dust and dryness.
This is the land of the barren. A way of escaping from the world, but locked in a desert like maze from which there seems to be no escape,
Survival in this part of the world is not going to be easy.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Shepherd’s Hut
Destination : Western Australia Author/Guide: Tim Winton Departure Time: 2000s
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