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Australian Adventure

Breaking the Umbilical Cord
  • ISBN-13: 9780975664377
  • Publisher: BERMINGHAM BOOKS
    Imprint: BERMINGHAM BOOKS
  • By Darrel Roche
  • Price: AUD $35.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 01/08/2024
  • Format: Paperback 392 pages Weight: 610g
  • Categories: History [HB]Australia [1MBF]
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Ever yearned for freedom and adventure? These three young lads did, and they experienced plenty of it during a fourteenmonth odyssey through Outback Australia in 1970 and 1971.
 
Escaping suburban boredom and 9to5 monotony, where their only travel involved back and forth trips to work, Darrel Roche and his two companions cut the umbilical cord to their jobs, families, and security to embark on a journey of 24hour, 7dayaweek freedom in the era before computers and mobile phones dominated our lives.
 
This is their true story of making wise decisions and some howlers, experiencing danger, making startling discoveries, and encountering memorable characters while absorbing the beauty of the mighty and majestic Australian Outback!

Darrel Roche was born in the western suburbs of Sydney. After leading a short expedition in the remote highlands of New Guinea in 1969 at the age of 20, he embarked on an Australian adventure travelling throughout the Aussie Outback. He achieved the Queen’s Badge and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award with Boys’ Brigade Australia, was awarded the Australian Defence Medal for six years’ service in the Australian Army Reserve, spent twelve years working with Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in the Kimberley deserts of Western Australia, Outback Queensland, and the Torres Strait Islands, and served for four years as a Commonwealth lighthouse keeper on Queensland’s remote islands and headlands. Darrel has a Bachelor of Arts degree with double majors in Ancient History and Studies in Religion and is a founding member of the Toyota Land Cruiser Club of Australia. 

* A fantastic true story from the 70s.
* A wonderful insight into the Australian Outback way of life and story of the adventures of 3 young men with lots of colourful characters throughout.

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