"Australia's mountains are not as dramatic as the Himalayas," Loh admits. "But they are impressive in another way." The city-dwellers on ... Sturt's Desert Roses bloom purple, Umbrella Wattles ...

He had previously lived at a Catholic mission in Balgo, in north-east Western Australia, but fled to the desert in the 1950s after he was caught stealing a sheep. Lanti would often warn his family ...