Cycle of Learning
Published on 18. March 2015
258 pages
978-1-922198-19-8 (ISBN)
Description
After backpacking around Asia, Anne Fitzpatrick spent three months volunteering in rural India. Inspired by the program, she returned to Australia determined to raise funds for the education of young people in Kodaikanal, by cycling around Australia - despite having no experience of either cycling or fundraising.
"Cycle of Learning" is Anne's story about her journey and the people she meets across urban and rural Australia - at Australian schools and church groups where Anne arranged to speak, among the cycling community she found on the road, and the family, friends and total strangers who assisted her.
It is also the story of the people in India involved in the education program for which she was raising funds, as children when she first met them and as young adults when she returns nearly ten years later.
"Cycle of Learning" is a highly readable, funny and inspiring true story.
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Anne Fitzpatrick was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, near the cycle paths of the River Torrens Linear Park. She has lived, worked and travelled in various parts of Australia, Asia and Africa. Anne currently lives in Albury, New South Wales, and works in international development.
Content
Prologue
Introduction
1. See You If You Get Back (Adelaide, SA, to Melbourne, Vic)
2. Dirty and Altitudinally Challenged (Melbourne, Vic, to Sydney via Albury, NSW)
3. Nipple Confusion and Corporate Uniforms (Sydney to Woolgoolga, NSW)
4. Thighs of Mass Destruction (Woolgoolga to Jandowae, Qld)
5. Lost and Found (Kingaroy to Byfield, Qld)
6. Gender, Bottoms and Nudists (Mackay to Tully to Hughenden, Qld)
7. Desert Craziness on a Bike with No Name (Richmond, Qld, to Alice Springs, NT)
8. The Wondrous Glory of the Everlasting Stars and the Vomit that Missed Banjo Paterson (Alice Springs to Katherine, NT)
9. No Fire-Twirling Inside (Darwin to Hayes Creek, NT)
10. Liberating the Sock (Hayes Creek, NT, to Port Hedland via Broome, WA)
11. The Fifth-Best Cycle Fundraiser in Town (North West Coastal Highway, WA, via Karratha)
12. Escaping the Outback (North West Coastal Highway to Bindoon via Geraldton, WA)
13. Getting Muftied (Perth to Margaret River, WA)
14. The Demise of Poncho and the Rise of TYPHOON JACKET (Pemberton to Kalgoorlie, WA)
15. The March Flies Made Me Do It (Eyre Highway, WA to SA)
16. Kindness Allergies (Ceduna to Lincoln Highway, SA)
17. Headwinds, Hayfever, Huge Heads and Hankies (Woomera to Port Wakefield, SA)
18. Home (Auburn to Adelaide via Kangarilla, SA)
19. Zip-Lock Bags Can't Solve Everything (Launceston and back via Burnie, Tas)
20. Cycles (Launceston to Hobart via Oatlands, Tas)
Conclusion
Epilogue (Kodaikanal, India)
