Is That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1741757029 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Excellent, keeps you going back for more Excellent, keeps you going back for more.Interesting read where do you get such a loving and caring wife to let you try and kill yourself.Opps got one of them. shows the old addage dont judge a book by its cover, Read it you wont put it down very easily.. "Around Australia on a Motorbike Powered By Cooking Oil!" according to James N Simpson. Paul has settled down with a wife and a baby daughter, no more life risking adventures on remote oil rigs for him that readers of Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse and his sequel This Is Not a Drill: Just another glorious day in the oilfields will be familiar with. Is Paul content? No! Growing more and more restless, Paul dec. Good aussie humour with such realism! The description of his adventurous ride is so real. I have ridden much of the territory Paul describes but Good aussie humour with such realism! beepee The description of his adventurous ride is so real. I have ridden much of the territory Paul describes but 40 years ago when the roads were more indifferent. His bike so unique and an adventure in itself. My advantage has been that he made me relive my adventures from those bigone days, including being joined by a dozen so called bikeys who turned out to be just ordinary . 0 years ago when the roads were more indifferent. His bike so unique and an adventure in itself. My advantage has been that he made me relive my adventures from those bigone days, including being joined by a dozen so called bikeys who turned out to be just ordinary
At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, was Paul Carter happily enjoying the fruits of his labour? He'd want to be the first guy to ride around Australia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle that runs on used cooking oil, wouldn't he? Embark on a rollickingly, downright dangerous and often unhinged quest
"Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell." —John Birmingham, author, Weapons of Choice on Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I Play Piano in a Whorehouse