It was a beautiful Australian morning， sunny and clear. Not far from Alice Springs， in the centre of this huge country， a young woman started on a journey that would take her 2，800 kilometres across the central desert to the western coast of Australia. With her was her dog，Diggity， and four camels. It was the beginning of a very unusual adventure for the young woman， but it was also the end of many months of preparation.
The big hotel dining-room was more than half full of people， eating，drinking and talking，while the darkfaced waiters hurried from table to table. And opposite me sat Jim， with his blue， boyish eyes looking straight into mine. I liked his young， honest face and his seriousness. He was the right kind;
In the evenings she carried on working in the pub，and slept in a small room behind it.In a letter to her family she described her new home:晚上她继续在酒吧工作，然后睡在酒吧后面的一间小屋里。
