Captain’s log, day 9 Wins: Filled up the jerry can with fuel without looking like a noob. Feel hardcore now Successfully put up tent on howling southerly with some very creative pegging and octopus straps Found first souvenir: perfect clam shells from Quobba station. Losses: Was wondering why floor of tent was so dirty… Turns…
Star date: t-plus six Km since start: 1075 Odometer today: 147126 Losses: A seven-minute video of me lip-synching to Bohemian Rhapsody while driving down a dirt road was booted of Facebook for including music be someone else. Which is kind of the point. Possibly this is actually a win, possibly not my finest social-media moment.…
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KM at start: 146,021 KM now: 146,690 Days since departure: Four Wins: After the first night, Zeus decided to stop guarding the tent Car remains functional, despite being literally held together by gaffer tape (see previous post) Zeus has made friends with police officers, Germans, Brits, countless gray nomads, two Llamas and a goat Have…
Jarvo is the wild bushman from Whitegum Valley. He built his own house using Youtube tutorials as a guide, has a gorgeous blue-brindle Amstaff called Stella and only drives Landrovers. (He is not in the picture at the top of the blog because he has “surgery hair” – a surgery on his ear to restore his wayward…
Expedition prep. Turns out, kinda fun. Things might have moved on since mum and dad bailed us as kids into the back of the Pajero in 1992 to circumnavigate the country, but some things were eerily familiar. New things include the variety of battery and rechargable lights that will also double as an MP3 speaker…
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I have a new house. Vehicle. Tent. Whatever. The upshot is this hairbrained scheme to leave the safety of Mount Hawthorn and venture across Australia in a vehicle that is literally a joke for the lost (‘I bought a jeep’, anyone?) with a dog that’s not exactly bred for harsh climates is, well, getting real. Diane…
I went to buy dog food, but instead bought a calligraphy set. The whole palaver started because I was trying to paint words. The Gorgeous Blonde Munchkin needed a sign about cheese for her upcoming wedding and in a moment of getting carried away with myself, I agreed to volunteer for the job. In the end I used acrylic…
Watercolour was really a medium of my childhood: A cheap, water-soluble paint that was comparatively easy to clean up. So I’ve been mucking around a bit with them. The tree looks like it was painted by a child but the rest… actually I’m pretty pleased. The sea creatures were inspired by the amazing works of Amok Island which…
This is my friend Matt Hort. Who is universally known as the “Mug Punter” for his propensity to take on absurd challenges, undertake profoundly inadequate preparation, and still scrape through to finish. He has multiple claims to fame. Being the Godrather is not one of them, but I think he carries the look off well. If…
Random sketches that were not as time intensive as the ones in the previous blog, here for your perusal, in the spirit of full-disclosure. I call this “random people I saw in Sydney. And Xena. Because sword.”
Zeus and the Blonde Nomad 