Where They Went

Walkabout (1971)

Directed by Nicolas Roeg

Stranded in the Australian outback, a Sydney schoolgirl and her little brother are guided across the desert by an Aboriginal boy on his walkabout.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Family flat
    Sydney, Australia
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    The siblings live with their parents in a high-rise flat in Sydney.

  2. 2Picnic spot
    Australian outback
    ≈ 00:07:00
    Inferred

    Their father drives them into the outback for a picnic, then turns on them and dies by his own hand.

  3. 3Waterhole
    Australian outback
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Inferred

    At a dried-up waterhole the Aboriginal boy finds them and shows them how to get water.

  4. 4Abandoned farmhouse
    Australian outback
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Mining town
    Australian outback
    ≈ 01:30:00
    Inferred
  6. 6Flat, years later
    Sydney, Australia
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
3,865 km
Places
2
Countries
1
Stops
6
  • Car: 1,932 km
  • Not shown: 1,932 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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