The art of free travel : a frugal family adventure / Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman
- Bib ID:
- 6851926
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jones, Patrick, 1970-, author
- Description:
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- Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2015
- ©2015
- 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps, colour portraits ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781742234434 (paperback)
- 1742234437 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Patrick, Meg and their family had built a happy, sustainable life in regional Victoria. But in late 2013, they found themselves craving an adventure close to the hearts of many Australians: a road trip. But this was a road trip with a difference. With Zephyr (10), Woody (1) and their Jack Russell Zero, they set off on an epic 6,000km year-long cycling journey along Australia's east coast, from Daylesford to Cape York and back. Their aim was to live as cheaply as possible - guerrilla camping, hunting, foraging and bartering their permaculture skills, and living on a diet of free food, bush tucker, and the occasional fresh road kill. They joined an anti-fracking blockade, spent time in Aboriginal communities, documented edible plants along the way, and braved the country's most hazardous highways. The Art of Free Travel is the remarkable story of a rule-breaking year of ethical living.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-254).
- Subject:
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- Jones, Patrick, 1970- -- Travel -- Australia
- Ulman, Meg -- Travel -- Australia
- Bicycle touring -- Economic aspects -- Australia
- Family vacations -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Bicycle touring -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Travel writing -- Australia
- Sustainable living -- Australia
- Bundjalung / Banjalang people (E12) (NSW SH56-02)
- Food - Bush tucker
- Environment - Biodiversity - Plants
- Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr people (Y82) (Qld SD55-13)
- Fishing - Spearfishing
- Environment - Conservation - Ecologically sustainable development
- Australia -- Description and travel
- Palm Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Hope Vale (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
- Minjerriba / North Stradbroke Island (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ulman, Meg, author
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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