Is That Thing Diesel? One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil

by Carter, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781741757026
• ISBN10: 1741757029
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-01
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Summary

The next eagerly awaited, high octane, seat-of-your-pants adventure from the author of the bestselling Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs (she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse) sees (the surely a bit bonkers) Paul Carter circumnavigating Australia on a bio-diesel motorcycle. Take one mad adventurer, one film maker, and a motor bike that runs on bio fuel (cooking oil to you and me) and send them on a road trip around Australia just to see what happens ... What you get is a story full of characters, implausible (but true) situations, unlikely events and unfortunate breakdowns and accidents, all at a break neck pace. Never one to sit still for long, this is what Paul Carter did next. Whether you've been shocked, delighted, entertained, horrified - or all of the above - by Paul's stories about oil rigs and his travels you can bet one thing - they are always high octane adventures and this one is no exception.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Derrick the Man	p. 5
Cover your Arse	p. 14
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?	p. 20
Panic Fest	p. 27
Bio what?	p. 48
The Bike the Universe Landed	p. 59
Betty	p. 69
Getting to Know you	p. 79
There is no Plan B	p. 90
PPPPPP	p. 99
To Adelaide and Beyond	p. 109
Stage One: Green Fuel, White Knuckles	p. 125
Stage Two: Spiders	p. 139
Wallet	p. 151
Stage Three: Life Cycle	p. 161
Stage Four: Follow the Blood-Splattered Brick Road	p. 167
The Long Reach	p. 189
It only hurts When I Laugh	p. 208
Stage Five: Uneasy Rider	p. 229
Stage Six: Numb	p. 243
Stage Seven: Harder than you Think	p. 248
Epilogue	p. 259
Acknowledgements	p. 261
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