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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 2 Jan 2008 | Views [852]
And so it is. The time to take the Scotland flag
off of the back of the ambassador shack has come. It’s an emotional moment. I’m tempted to try and runaway with the van
and make tracks towards Alice Springs but it’s
not exactly the kind ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 30 Dec 2007 | Views [1541] | Comments [1]
The MCG empties and thousands of
cricket fans pour onto the streets of central Melbourne. At exactly the same time, Andy and
I hit the streets of the CBD and the van takes on the role of a driving
billboard. It’s an advertiser’s wet
dream.... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Views [1103]
I don’t really believe in fate or
the idea that you’re life is on a set course, but sometimes things present
themselves in a way that you just have to accept as the way it’s meant to
be. As I’m sitting on the internet,
pouring over maps on ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 20 Dec 2007 | Views [1154]
After spending the majority of
the past few weeks in the bush and small country towns, driving towards the
bright lights of Brisbane
is a daunting prospect. Four lane
highways, skyscrapers and enough surrounding concrete to keep a Bangkok ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 13 Dec 2007 | Views [3326]
Airlie Beach, a cross between a backpacker ghetto and a playground for the wealthy and good-looking. I have a theory that, in Australia, the further away from the coast you get, the uglier people are. Of course this is a very general theory and it’s ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 9 Dec 2007 | Views [1165]
I wake up, on my first
full day as an ambassador, sweating like an Eskimo in a sauna. I
stumble out of the van, desperate for fresh air, and instantly feel
bad about thinking that Innisfail might be a bit of a hillbilly spot.
I’m confronted by ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 6 Dec 2007 | Views [1213]
When the day comes when I
eventually have to go to one of those group therapy meetings for people with
addictions, it is unfortunately fairly inevitable in my case, I’ll be forced to
stand up and admit, “Hi, my name’s Stuart and…I’m…well…addicted ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Sunday, 5 Aug 2007 | Views [1455]
Popping your hitch-hiking cherry is, in my opinion, a moment in a travellers life that should be mentally framed and hung in the part of your brain entitled “The Gallery of Momentous Moments.” The fact that such a simple act as standing at the ... Read more >
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