Am I Crazy? Hitchhiking Across Australia
“I see many films, and hear many stories about hitchhikers, and they always meet with some crazy guy, who kill them… You must be careful. Especially here in Australia…”
“I see many films, and hear many stories about hitchhikers, and they always meet with some crazy guy, who kill them… You must be careful. Especially here in Australia…”
…The night is a resounding success. We fill the car with food and only get yelled at by a security guard once. We get back to the house, tired, smelly, and smeared with yoghurt, but victorious. Bread, fruit, vegetables, watermelon, strawberries, meat, sausages, a pork roast, a leg of lamb, eggs, cakes, muffins, milk, chocolates……
…’I have never hitchhiked’, Vladimir says. ‘Only once. It was during my time in the military. I joined the Serbian patriots when I was just turned fifteen. Tito was my commandant at that time’… ‘Poochera. I sleep here once with my wife’ Vladimir muses. ‘I think was here…’ Poochera is an almost non-existent settlement on…
…It sounds like your car is having many problems, says Horst. Yeah, I love her but she’s a fuckin’ piece of shit, says the driver, and cracks open another beer on the dashboard. Couldn’t get her through rego’ last time. So if you see any coppers, fuckin’ let me know. Bastards busted me driving without…
Looks exotic doesn’t it? India? Pakistan? Turkey?Actually its the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia!We had a slow time getting a ride the evening before. Night fell, and Nia and I kept trying for an hour or so after dark, but no luck. We found a patch of waste ground on the side of the road,…
Once you got over the eye watering smell of unwashed stock broker and dirty carpet, you noticed the way the place looked. There was stuff all over the floor. Garbage, clothing, full ash trays, half full bottles. The couches had numerous large stains and were splattered with damp looking piles of what turned out to be dog vomit…