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...getting to my camel camp of choice run by Explore the Outback (www.austcamel.com.au/explore.htm) turned out to be a trek in itself. I hitched a ride on the twice-weekly mail truck from the South Australian opal-mining town of Coober Pedy to Warriner, a long-abandoned railway depot in the middle of nowhere. "You'll be all right with Phil," the cheerful driver assured me. "He's a bit of a bushie." It wasn't a reference to his foot-long beard. Wearing a check shirt and a tall, rabbit-felt hat, trek leader Phil Gee looked the part...
Grace E. Bloodwell ’03, a ticket office worker, said that students are generally happy that tickets are free and don’t mind the trek across the river...
...forget the Hell's Angels. When you see a group of leather-clad, middle-aged bikers roaring down a stretch of highway, remember: it may be a group of doctors or stockbrokers, perhaps raising money for a worthy cause. Or it could be grandparents taking a cross-country trek to enjoy the American landscape. And maybe next time it could...
Last night, as I made the trek from down by the river back to my refuge in the Quad, I felt completely vulnerable. No one else was around. I tried to remind myself that I was by a college campus in Cambridge, not exactly what one might consider a hot spot for late night crime. I could not help but quicken my pace...
...student ever found him or herself in a threatening situation, this emergency light functioned as a direct link to the Harvard police. Now this protection no longer exists. The station and emergency light once provided a sense of security to late night walkers. Their current absence makes the trek all the more unsafe...