Tracks

Went to see the film version of the best selling book, Tracks, at the weekend. The book is an account, written by Robyn Davidson, of her journey across Australia. She decided to make the seemingly impossible trip in the 1970s, with no other reason than to be alone. In need of sponsorship for the trip, she wrote to National Geographic. They funded her trip, and send a photographer to meet her along the way and document the journey. Despising the photographer at first, and in fact the very notion of posing for countless snaps, she soon found that he provided a form of stability and helped get her through. She acquired three (and a half) wild camels to carry her things, she struggles against the elements and sheer size of the landscape. 

The film is spectacularly shot, portraying the journey is great detail. The link back to the reality of the story, along with the original photos at the end of the film make it a heart-warming film which aptly documents the story which is testament to human endurance and determination.


“Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form.” 
― Robyn Davidson, Tracks