Is That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil
by Paul Carter
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At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labour? Was he f**k!With his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to take it easy stretched before him what else would a middle-aged, bike obsessed, man want?Yes, that's right, he'd want to be the first guy to ride around Australia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle show more that runs on used cooking oil, wouldn't he? Preferably without getting hit by a semi-trailer full of bridge parts. Is he out of his mind? Quite possibly.Embark on a rollickingly, downright dangerous and often unhinged quest that starts on an environmentally friendly motorcycle built on a shoestring budget by students, and ends with a plan to break the motorcycle land speed record for bio fuel. show lessTags
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If you are expecting an Australian version of Long Way Round then it won't quite meet it.
Paul Carter is an ex oil rig worker who after his partner becomes pregnant decides to settle down. After a few months shuffling paperwork wants to ride around Australia on motorbike, his wife suggests rinding something unusual. he manages to find and borrow a oil powered bike from Adelaide Uni and so begins the journey. He completes 14,500km, and thankful escapes serious injury after falling off at one point.
It is written in quite a abrupt style. There are some funny bits and some quite coarse parts, so might not appeal to everyone.
Ok but not great
Paul Carter is an ex oil rig worker who after his partner becomes pregnant decides to settle down. After a few months shuffling paperwork wants to ride around Australia on motorbike, his wife suggests rinding something unusual. he manages to find and borrow a oil powered bike from Adelaide Uni and so begins the journey. He completes 14,500km, and thankful escapes serious injury after falling off at one point.
It is written in quite a abrupt style. There are some funny bits and some quite coarse parts, so might not appeal to everyone.
Ok but not great
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- Genres
- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 919.4047 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Australia Travel 2000-
- LCC
- GV1059.53 .A8 .C37 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports
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