Going Postal: The Ups and Downs of Travelling the World on a Postie Bike

Description

When Nathan Millward learns that he has just twenty days to leave Australia before his visa expires, he has a choice to make: fly home to England on the return ticket he already has, or set off on the adventure of a lifetime riding a decommissioned Australia Post bike across the world. With encouragement from the girl who took him to Australia in the first place, Nathan hits the road. No time for planning or preparation, just go - with nothing more than the gear he can carry on the back of the bike - in a race across the Outback and on to Darwin to catch a cargo boat to East Timor. From there it's on, riding the road to England at an average speed of 65 km an hour, through jungles and over mountain passes, on mud roads and dirt highways. Will man and machine make it? And what happens with the girl? Going Postal has it all: foreign cultures, wrong turns, the kindness of strangers and the bittersweet trials of love. By turns funny, poignant and inspiring, it will have every reader asking themselves: if you put your mind to it, what can you achieve?

NATHAN MILLWARD was born and raised in the UK. He studied business and management at university, and went on to work in marketing, PR and journalism. After writing for university and local papers he found regular work as a car reviewer/road tester for an automotive magazine in England. Having worked freelance for a while he decided to head to Australia where he found work on ACP's performance car magazine, Motor. This is his first book.