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The Art of Free Travel

By: Patrick Jones, Meg Ulman
Narrated by: Patrick Jones, Meg Ulman
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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: a road trip.

But theirs was a road trip with a difference. With Zephyr (10), Woody (1) and Zero, their Jack Russell, they set off on an epic 6,000km yearlong 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 spent time in Aboriginal communities, joined an antifracking blockade, documented edible plants, and dodged speeding cars and trucks on the country’s most dangerous highways.

The Art of Free Travel is the remarkable story of a rule-breaking year of ethical living.

©2015 Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman (P)2015 Audible, Ltd Australia & Oceania Oceania
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The thrills and spills of life on the road is a roller coaster ride of a story. I enjoyed this book even more than I expected to. I admire the quest to learn how to live more like the aborigines did, to acquire their knowledge of nature before it is lost. It is an easy to read well read book. I recommend it whether you are eco friendly or not; a cyclist or not, even the geography and recipes are a delight to follow.

Intrepid eco family cycle the length of Australia

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Even if you don't subscribe to the permaculture lifestyle of this family, this book will inspire you to make small changes to live more sustainably and be more in tune with the world. A great way to see part of this wonderful country.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.