For the many thousands of visitors who head to Australia each year, and the millions of armchair travelers who want to learn more about the land Down Under, this collection of stories will captivate and enchant. Australia is too big to comprehend. It's too barren, too rich, too foreign, too far away--which of course is also why it's so appealing. The island-country-continent baffles the imagination through its mere presence--it's age, aridity, the...