3,300km of outback chaos: Why a Queensland doctor risked it all on a wild camel

Dr Jill Cowley, a former Gold Coast GP with zero camel experience, shared her harrowing yet inspiring journey competing in the historic 1988 Great Australian Camel Race with Carla Bignasca on 4BC Afternoons. Despite suffering broken bones and a runaway camel in the middle of the desert, her wild adventure has now been beautifully immortalised in a brand-new children's picture book.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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