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One Time, At Bush Camp…
I was quite impressed with my hitching efforts as I pulled up for induction at 7am that Aprily Monday morning. I’d been on the road for a while and had nothing that resembled clean clothes Read more…
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Temporary Employmentedness
Where was I….? Hmmm…? Tamworth – that’s right stuck in Tamworth! The hellhole that is Tamworth. Chicken farmers. Foreigners. More chicken farmers. A big guitar. Nothing else. Nothing. I no longer had hopes. No longer Read more…
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When Hitching Turns Bad and then gets Worse
Picture from Australia’s most famous horror movie – Wolf Creek I was in high spirits as I finally bid Bellingen (ahhhh, what a heavenly heavenly place) farewell – the people there give the nicest hugs! Read more…
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Looking for Unicorns
“Where to?” asked Karen, Australian hitch-hikee the thirty second. I had yet to consult maps and formulate any plans, but it was time to leave the comforts of Coffs Harbour’s real beds and canoes and Read more…
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The World by Toilets : Melbourne
It may be unfair to judge a city purely by its toilets – but for some – with all the crap they have going on in them – the toilets really are just about the Read more…
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Waking up in Strange Places
This morning I woke up in a weed plantation. Life’s been a biiiiiit of blur the last few weeks… one day I was a school nurse in Melbourne (I administered 4 bandaids, one ice-pack and Read more…
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Americans – They don’t always kill you!
Americans. They scare me a little. But that’s normal… right?? So, when my phone rang and the elderly American couple asked: “Are you still looking for a ride to Melbourne then?” I was pretty unprepared. Read more…
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100 Days on the road. 100 People worth the knowing!
196,503 trees… 9869 toilets… 8765 roadkills…. 5060 km… 174 kangaroos… 118 beautiful beaches… 47 jogs… 36 cycles… and finally day the 100th arrived (Friday, 11 March)! That’s 100 days of pure overwhelmingnessness and at least Read more…
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Nothing Happens in Adelaide… But there are Toilets…
I recently survived two weeks in Adelaide. This is utterly remarkable, don’t you think?! [R]adelaide has more serial killers per capita than any other city in the world (strange I know) and more violent biker Read more…
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The World by Toilets : Crossing the Nullabor
An Aussie once told me that Australia’s greatest contribution to the world was the dual-flush dunny… Below are some of the Ozzies finest “dunnies”… [“dunnies’ are toilets just in case this somehow eludes you after Read more…