View from Ngungun

November 12th 2006
Odie and I both wanted to see a couple of the national parks near Brisbane so, after realising that we didn't get on each other's nerves too much, we hired a car and hit the road. Due to a shortage of Corollas, we were upgraded to a Holden Commodore for the same price, which was only the first of several pieces of good fortune during the trip. With Odie being on holiday from work rather than on ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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