Cyril Ayris / Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson, self-confessed 'bushie' of no fixed abode, decided almost on a whim to walk across Australia, south to north, to raise funds for charity.

Spurred on by the memory of his deaf-blind niece, whose death was the catalyst for this extraordinary undertaking, he battled hoons, the fear of an attack by dingoes and the vastness of the interior to achieve his aim.

Surviving on what he could carry on his back, and without back-up, he walked 2500 kilometres in 151 days. This is the story of his walk, the outback characters he met along the way and, of course, the untamed grandeur of inland Australia.

Paperback version mid March 2009.

For more information email jeff@jeffswalk.com

or visit www.jeffswalk.com/gulftogulfthebook.html