{"product_id":"a-long-way-walkin-in-tom-hayllar-9781452512860","title":"A Long Way Walkin' in Australia: From the Tasman to the Timor Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Hayllar\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher, writer, bushwalker, caver, and adventurer. He has climbed inaccessible mountains in New Guinea, explored remote cave systems in New Guinea and the Philippines, walked across isolated Himalayan and Nepalese high country, and trekked lonely stretches of Alaska. In 1975 he was the first person to walk the 11,829 kilometer journey around Australia, and three years later he became the first person to traverse Australia on foot along its widest point from Cape Byron to Steep Point. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTom Hayllar just loves to walk, but the journeys are enriched by the characters, landscapes, and even the hardships experienced along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere is how and why it was a long way walkin' in 1985 when he made the diagonal journey walking from Wilson's Promontory by the Tasman to where the Timor Sea laps the cliffs of the Northern Kimberley. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis walk, like his other long distance walks in Australia, is authenticated by the Guiness Book of Records. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Hayllar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1452512868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781452512860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balboa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d","brand":"Tom Hayllar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439208837375,"sku":"9781452512860","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d058706-e908-4d76-b915-5445118f163c.jpg?v=1777176177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-long-way-walkin-in-tom-hayllar-9781452512860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}