…His hands were all over her. He was trying to take off her clothing..! I was completely incredulous… I acted without thinking. There was a heavy timber sandwich board, leaning against the wall, and I picked it up, with both hands, and bashed the indecent cretin on the back of the head with it……
…They start pushing me, in the chest, pretty hard. I step back, as far as I can, but the wall of the theatre is behind me, and so I’ve got nowhere to go really. Then one of them hit me in the face. And the pain was intense. And… I felt dizzy. And they hit…
I’ve experimented with all kinds of different ways to pack my bag. The key to getting everything in easily, and quickly, is to have your stuff organised the right way…
My friend Tania is a person of many talents: traveler, mother, community facilitator, revolutionary, life coach, and, it turns out, she makes fantastic scones. Here’s the recipe. Combine flour and soft butter in a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add a little bit of salt, and a…
I’ve experimented with a few different types of low-budget mobile accommodation. At the end of the day, home is where I park my butt! Back in 2006, I got around in my old poo-brown station wagon quite a bit (top pic). It wasn’t pretty, but it was comfy. The fuel was too expensive to go…
The Sawyer Mini Filter is really small (fits in a bag about the size of a pair of socks), and the whole kit weighs only 60 grams (2 oz). The filter can be used in several ways, but the simplest is to screw the filter unit straight onto the top of an ordinary plastic water bottle. The Sawyer Mini is super simple to use: 1. Fill bottle with dirty water 2. Screw on filter 3. Drink clean water, straight from the bottle..!
…The only thing we have to fear is fear itself… – F.D. Roosevelt. Life is an adventure. You can do anything you want. Anything. Maybe you want to see the world? Climb Everest? Swim with sharks? Cross deserts? You can. So what’s stopping you? For most of us, the obstacle standing between ourselves,…
“This place is amazing Nev, thanks man” I tell him. “It’s been a couple of days since I had a hot shower, so I’m really gonna enjoy this.”
“Well I didn’t want to say nuthin’, but you do stink a bit” Nev quips, with a wink…
…My left knee jams under the accelerator grip, and the next thing I know, I’ve lost power, lost my balance and I’m toppling, slowly and gracelessly toward the ground. A group of monks are laughing at me uproariously. I pick myself up with Buddhist humility, and ride slowly and carefully out the temple gate… Flashback:…
…Before you moved in there was druggies running a meth’ lab in that place. There were hookers turning tricks in there, fights, non stop fucking problems. I had to call the cops one night ’cause this guy climbed my fence and fell asleep in my back yard…” I lived in Redfern for a while, in…
When you are hitchhiking, getting picked up has a lot to do with getting people to like you, but when they are whizzing past at 80 kph you don’t get much time to establish trust. I’ve been hitchhiking around the planet for years, with the Australian Flag on my backpack. Standing beside the road,…
I Am Tall. Get Over It. I get so sick of people commenting on my height. It’s like: “really? I’m tall? No shit? I never noticed that before. Fuck! You are such an observant person!” I’m not sure why I’m so annoyed by it. I guess it’s partly repetition. If you hear anything often…