Mohamad Al Karbi

Author: lmkling

Lee-Anne Marie Kling graduated from Adelaide University with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English and Japanese. She also trained as a high school teacher and taught junior high school and primary school in Melbourne, Victoria. Lee-Anne worked as a Research Officer publishing three research reports of youth needs in towns in Victoria and southern New South Wales. She lives in Adelaide, South Australia with her husband and is mother of two adult sons. She is also an artist and enjoys travelling, especially exploring the Australian outback. She has travelled overseas to Japan and Europe. Her experiences teaching, travelling, and raising her sons have provided inspiration for her writing. The Hitch-hiker and Mission of the Unwilling are Lee-Anne’s first published fictional works. She is preparing more works; a sequel to Mission of the Unwilling called Diamonds in the Cave and a trilogy, The Holly Files, and most recently, The Lost World of the Wends. And then for something completely different, just to break genre rules because they are there to be broken, she has published the first of her travel memoirs, Trekking with the T-Team: Central Australian Safari 1981.

  • K-Team Adventures–Gordon River, Tasmania

    K-Team Adventures–Gordon River, Tasmania

    Fearing we’d miss the boat, Mum and I rose at the crack of dawn and ate our breakfast at a hotel opposite the wharf while watching the sun rise on the calm waters of Macquarie Harbour; an oil painting in hues of gold and pink with ducks on the jetty. Mum’s breakfast of Eggs Benedict…

  • T-Team Series — Talipata

    T-Team Series — Talipata

    A gentle breeze carried the scent of sweet spring water as well as the sound of rustling leaves. With the hope that our search was over, Dad and I picked up speed passing the plodding young men.

  • The T-Team with Mr. B: Standley Chasm

    The T-Team with Mr. B: Standley Chasm

    ‘Are we there yet?’ I asked. Wrong question. Especially when asking a grumpy Dad. ‘Not yet!’ Dad barked. ‘I reckon we’re not far away,’ I said. ‘All the tourists have stopped. Must be some reason.’ Dad screwed up his nose. ‘I dunno, it doesn’t look right.’ ‘Excuse me! Excuse me!’ Mr. B, one arm stretched…

  • Trekking Back in Time

    Trekking Back in Time

    My brother(MB) and older cousin (C1) held on for their lives while refusing to give up their seats on the top of the Rover. I strolled on ahead, then turned to check the Rover’s progress. Crunch! Thud! MB and C1 flew half-a-metre in the air and plopped back on their blow-up mattresses. ‘That was close,’…

  • Ormiston Gorge Trekking

    Ormiston Gorge Trekking

    We settled near a waterhole framed by reeds. Dad built up a fire on the coarse sand while our family friend, TR rolled up his trousers and dipped his toes in the pool. ‘Hey!’ He pointed and did a little dance. ‘A fish! I see a fish!’

  • Conquering Mount Giles

    Conquering Mount Giles

    We stopped at a three-pronged fork in the trail. Three mountain points stood before us. ‘Now, which way shall we go?’ You’d think Dad would’ve worked the route out before we embarked on this project, using his compass and detailed maps. But apparently, he hadn’t.

  • Trekking with the T-Team Next Generation: Central Australia 2013

    Trekking with the T-Team Next Generation: Central Australia 2013

    The K-Team settled down by the fire and munched on lamb chops, baked potatoes with slathers of butter, and juicy canned corn. Ah, this is the life! Surrounded by Glen Helen’s cliffs of red iron, tranquil waters below, ducks quacking, and the cry of Mrs T rising above the hubbub of fellow campers. ‘Oh, no,…