Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations and Metric Conversions ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction: Imagining the Road 1
6. 1. Making Tracks 15
7. 2. The Call of the Open Road 42
8. 3. ‘Discovering’ Australia 73
9. 4. Travelling North 98
10. 5. ‘Going Around’: On the Road to Nowhere? 122
11. 6. Freedom on the Wallaby? 141
12. 7. What Goes on Tour… .: Communities and Rituals of the Road 165
13. 8. Blood on the Bitumen: The Dark Side of the Road 183
14. 9. Politics and Protest on the Road 204
15. 10. Romancing the Road: Constructing Australian Icons 223
16. Are We There Yet? Conclusions on the Road 255
17. Select Bibliography 264
18. Index 281