28 November 2025 – What would possess a young couple to pack four sons – aged seven, six, two, and six months – into a Toyota camper van and drive 15,000 miles from Australia to England? For Julian and Becky Little in 1977, the answer was simple: because they could. Six Littles Go A Long Way: How one family joined the 1970s overlanders on a 15,000-mile journey halfway across the globe (Arena Books, 24 November 2025) tells the extraordinary true story of a six-month adventure through territories that today’s travelers can only dream about. Written by James Little, who was seven when his parents embarked on this journey, the book draws from original family diaries to capture a pivotal moment in travel history – the golden age of the ‘overlanders.’
A Window into a Lost Era
In the 1970s, thousands of intrepid adventurers drove what’s now called the ‘hippie trail’ – an overland route stretching from Europe through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. It...
