Australia the Hard Way
Author | : David Pyle |
Publisher | : Hodder & Stoughton |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Voyages and travels |
ISBN | : 9780340105108 |
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Author | : David Pyle |
Publisher | : Hodder & Stoughton |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Voyages and travels |
ISBN | : 9780340105108 |
Author | : Andrew Hassam |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780719045462 |
Between 1788 and 1880 some 1.3 million free emigrants arrived in Australia from the British Isles. It was a huge transition, both geographically and culturally, and one way of dealing with this appears to have been to write a diary. The surviving diaries offer snapshots of the lives of and experiences of many ordinary people who emigrated.
Author | : Jimmy Cornell |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 617 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1408158884 |
A guide to nearly 1,000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It advises on the winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather, and optimum times for individual routes, plus over 6,000 waypoints.
Author | : Peter Carey |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 1119 |
Release | : 2010-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307764257 |
In Australian slang, an illywhacker is a country fair con man, an unprincipled seller of fake diamonds and dubious tonics. And Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of Peter Carey's uproarious novel, may be the king of them all. Vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch, Badgery is a walking embodiment of the Australian national character—espcially of its proclivity for tall stories and barefaced lies. As Carey follows this charming scoundrel across a continent and a century, he creates a crazy quilt of outlandish encounters, with characters that include a genteel dowager who fends off madness with an electric belt and a ravishing young girl with a dangerous fondness for rooftop trysts. Boldly inventive, irresistibly odd, Illywhacker is further proof that Peter Carey is one of the most enchanting writers at work in any hemisphere.
Author | : John Caldwell |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2020-06-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1493049372 |
In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of transport, he had to resort to singlehanded seamanship. After an ignominious scene in the harbor, where a tangled anchor led him to take an early dip, he spent ten days learning the rudiments of navigation and sailing from a book, before embarking on the 9,000 mile journey aboard the 20-foot Pagan. Ahead lay a mission that was to reveal in him elements not only of astounding courage and determination, but also of incredible foolhardiness. Within 500 miles of Panama John Caldwell had already been shipwrecked once and had his boat's engine and cockpit destroyed by an angry shark. Indefatigable, he decided to press on towards his goal.He endured the terrors and discomforts of life on the high seas and enjoyed the triumphs of fighting and winning against the elements. This is more than an exciting tale of sea-adventure. It is as compelling and unpredictable as a thriller. It is the story, witty and moving, of a man, motivated initially by love, and ultimately by his own fierce determination to survive.
Author | : Dick Durham |
Publisher | : Fernhurst Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2011-08-23 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 111995262X |
Set sail on a thrilling journey to discover some of the most exciting tales of adventure afloat. There's every sort of vessel from majestic square rigger to humble homemade yacht. Journey around gale-whipped headlands and survive mountainous seas – or turn the page to discover the delights of cruising among the islands of a tropical paradise. The exploits of sailing's greatest names are recounted, along with an eclectic mix of tales that never made the headlines, yet make compelling reading. Discover a treasure trove of sailing stories from across centuries, and from the four corners of the globe. This is wonderful reading for anyone with a love of sailing and the sea.
Author | : Alan Lucas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Boats and boating |
ISBN | : 9780958176804 |
"First published in 1968, and now in its eighth edition, Cruising the Coral Coast is the only navigational guide to embrace the entire east coast of Queensland and its extraordinary Great Barrier Reef. With hundreds of large-scale charts and descriptions to match, it takes the sailor to every port and worthwhile anchorage between the Gold Coast and Thursday Island."--Back cover.
Author | : Mike Litzow |
Publisher | : UNSW Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781742233017 |
When marine biologists Mike Litzow and his partner Alisa make a promise to follow their dream to sail from Alaska to Australia, they agree that they wont leave until their baby is at least one year old. But when he is just 9 months, they give up waiting, strap him down and weigh anchor. In his unflinching account of their trip, Mike tells the inspiring story of the stress and exhilaration, the fights and sheer claustrophobia of family life onboard, and the unrelenting fierceness and beauty of the open ocean. Alaska to Australia is the beautifully written, personal and searingly frank story of a family afloat in the Pacific.
Author | : Alan Lucas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Boats and boating |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nicole L Mays |
Publisher | : Nicole Mays |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-11-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780648725237 |
History of a class of 21-foot waterline yachts that raced for the Forster Cup at venues around Australia 1920s-50s, with details of the individual boats, races and people associated with them. Also details and photographs of the revival of the class, especially the fleet now placed at Goolwa, South Australia, and preservation of the famous TASSIE II, winner of the most individual Forster Cup Races, in Tasmania.