'The Journey' is set for study by all students in New South Wales doing HSC English. It is the theme for the 'Area of Study' in that curriculum. This guide provides background material on 'The Journey' theme, instructs students on recommended approaches to this core study, examines the prescribed Stimulus Booklet ('Journeys') in exhaustive detail, and offers students ways of reading each text within the booklet in relation to the Area of Study theme. It concludes with plentiful examples of 'related texts' (other references on 'The Journey') and two model answers.

Lionheart is a significant modern Australian autobiography. It's author, Jesse Martin, became in 1999 the youngest person ever to sail single-handed around the world. His account of this epic journey makes for compelling reading, and has a good deal to offer as an inspirational example of courage and determination. Study of the autobiography is set, in this study guide, within the larger context of the NSW English Area of Study curriculum - 'The Journey'. The guide provides background material on the journey theme, examines the prescribed Stimulus Booklet ('Journeys') in detail, and offers students ways of reading the text in relation to the Area of Study theme. It concludes with a model answer.