Keep Australia on Your Left : : a True Story of an Attempt to Circumnavigate Australia by Kayak
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Keep Australia on Your Left
submitted by James C. Clark on July 11, 2008, 10:14pm
You will either love this book or hate it. Or maybe both. Or neither. This is a book that can be experienced on many levels, and you'll just have to choose your own. Reduced to its essence, a name-dropping kayak supplier to the stars meets boy model from down under and together they fail to circumnavigate Australia (counterclockwise, of course, hence the title).
I do not mean to denigrate their accomplishment -- they truly experienced an adventure of epic proportions. But the whiny tone of the author as he alternately loathes his paddling partner and pines for his stateside pre-departure one night stand wears a little thin. There are portions that reflect the excitement and danger of the journey, and they are excellent, but overall I found myself wishing they quit sooner than they did.
So read it for the sheer gutsy adventure of the trip, but if it's soul searching you want, you'd have bettter luck flipping over a pair of plimsoles, mate.
PUBLISHED
New York : Forge, 2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 412 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0312874588 :
SUBJECTS
Stiller, Eric -- Travel -- Australia.
Travelers' writings.
Kayaking -- Australia.
Australia -- Description and travel.