A Wide & Open Land (2nd Edition)

     269 pages, full colour & maps

A confronting and beautiful account of the Cumberland Plain landscape.

In 2019 Peter Ridgeway walked 179 kilometres across the bushland corridors of the Cumberland Plain (Western Sydney), carrying his own food and camping under the stars.

A Wide & Open Land: Walking the Last of Western Sydney’s Woodlands is densely packed with insights into our wildlife, plants & history. But at it’s heart this is also a book exploring what it means to destroy a landscape and community