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'When A.J. Mackinnon quits his job in Australia, he knows only that he longs to travel to the Well at the World's End, a mysterious pool on a remote Scottish island whose waters, legend has it, hold the secret to eternal youth.
'Determined not to fly ("It would feel like cheating"), he sets out with a rucksack, some fireworks and a map of the world and trusts chance to take care of the rest. By land and by sea, by train, truck, horse and yacht, he makes his way across the globe - and through a series of hilarious adventures. He survives a bus crash in Australia, marries a princess in Laos, is attacked by Komodo dragons and does time in a Chinese jail. The next lift - or the next near-miss - is always just a happy accident away.
'This is the astonishing true story of a remarkable voyage, an old-fashioned quest by a modern-day adventurer.' (From the publisher's website.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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All's Well
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 324 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Home to Roost
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 July 2010; (p. 29) -
Hilarious, Hairy Adventures
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf : Travel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Cover Notes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 25 July 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 June 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 40)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Cover Notes
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 25 July 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf : Travel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 July 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Hilarious, Hairy Adventures
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Well at the World's End 2010 single work autobiography -
Home to Roost
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 July 2010; (p. 29)
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted Indie Awards — Nonfiction