A VW Combi, a Stormtrooper and me.
Yes, that is my new adventure everyone! I’m going to drive around the world in a Combi wearing a Stormtrooper outfit. Okay, I’m not really but I am speaking at the Australian Adventure Travel Film Festival in a couple of weeks and I’m sharing the bill with, amongst others, a film about the Combi and its role as the traveller’s wagon of choice and a talk from a fellow called Jacob French who walked from Perth to Sydney wearing a Star Wars Stormtrooper suit. I spoke at the festival last year and the three day festival, which takes place in Bright, Victoria, was jam-packed with great films and talks from adventure travellers that make my adventures look like a walk down to the shops. The setting is stunning, particularly the night screenings, which is in a park on the Ovens River. You simply bring a chair or rug and, best of all, it’s right next to the Bright Brewery, so you can take a few frothys down with you. So, if you are in the neigbourhood on the weekend of the 14th to 16th Feb do drop in. I’m appearing on Saturday at 4.00pm where I’ll be talking about my 10 greatest travel adventures of all time (which will still look lame against the guy who sailed around the world in a bathtub – or something just as silly). You can find the details here.
For my friends and readers in Melbourne who you can’t get to Bright then you can catch me this Wednesday night (12th Feb) at the Toorak library (maybe someone will drop their wallet!) at 6.30pm. I’m doing my 1974 slide show followed by a bit of wife swapping. You can find the details here.
