Everything is Water

Name: Everything is Water
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Simon Cleary
ISBN: 9798331993146

Author: Simon Cleary

Narrator: Daniel Fletcher

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/04/2025

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Nature, Ecosystems & Habitats, Sports & Recreation, Hiking

Synopsis

"I want to go with the river's flow, not against it. I want to follow where the river leads—to listen, to observe, hopefully to learn." When novelist and experienced hiker Simon Cleary sets off to follow the course of the river that has so influenced his life, he hopes that by walking its banks—from its source to where it empties into the bay—he will better understand the power and impact of this immense waterway on the environment and communities who rely on it. Cleary's ambitious journey, alone and with companions, explores the ways rivers connect landscapes, ecologies, histories, communities, and myth. But his journey along the unpredictable and magnificent Brisbane River threatens to be cut short by one of the wettest autumn months on record. Over four eventful weeks and 344 kilometers we are witness to the river in all its beauty and fury. Everything is Water considers our complex relationship with nature through flood, drought, time, and place. It is an inspiring pilgrimage that invites us to connect with nature and also to navigate our own path.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rueben on March 22, 2025

Bloody marvellous. What an excellent storyteller.......more

Goodreads review by Robert on July 11, 2024

Everything Is Water follows Cleary’s pilgrimage walk, from the source of the Brisbane River to the mouth. This book, at its most fundamental, is a collection of stories – acting as almost a time-capsule for the river by recounting moments of historical, cultural, and spiritual significance to the ri......more

Goodreads review by Jo on June 20, 2024

This is a gorgeous book where the reader walks alongside Simon as he follows the course of the Brisbane River from its origins to the sea. He walks and paddles 344 km over 27 days and uses this time to reflect on the role the river plays in shaping not only the geology of the landscape but the lives......more

Goodreads review by Norrie on June 04, 2024

This a diary of a 27 day journey from source to sea along the Brisbane River. The aim was to walk as much as possible, but that’s not easy when there are no tracks and halfway through the trip, the river floods. So Simon is obliged to use the occasional road and boat. The book describes the journey,......more

Goodreads review by Caydan on February 12, 2025

A story of the mind’s wonderings sparked by the bodies pilgrimage. Cleary beautifully passes from visage and experience to a tale of history and philosophy and back again, capturing the essence of his journey’s tale in its very delivery. The river is presented to you through the eyes and glasses of......more