'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.