Surfari

by Baker, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781864712124
• ISBN10: 1864712120
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-01
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Summary

All surfers dream of shedding responsibilities and answering the siren's call of ocean swells. For most, it is an ideal that recedes as age advances - as family, career and provider fatigue threatens to overwhelm the wanderlust of youth. But what if you could defy the slow march of age? Shelve all your worldly pressures, pack up the family and a few trusty surfboards and hit the open road for the Great Australian surfing road trip? Inspired by the dreams of his youth, surf writer Tim Baker embarks on the Big Lap in search of the perfect wave and domestic bliss. Surfari documents the state of surf culture and our coastline, and the array of colourful characters who inhabit these parts, evoking all the magic, charm and challenges such a lifestyle entails. It is a story for anyone who has ever dreamed of an alternative to the busy, micro-scheduled existence of work, school, shopping and the daily drudge. The result is a lively, colourful account of what happens when you trade your life for another variety, and the delights and dangers that lay in wait when you dare to chase your dreams and follow another path.

Author Biography

Tim Baker has contributed to GQ, Playboy, and Rolling Stone; is the author of Go Surf; and is the coauthor of Bustin' Down the Door, Occy, and Surf for Your Life.

Table of Contents

Map	p. ix
Introduction: Surfari Highway Revisited	p. 1
Be Prepared	p. 15
A Beginning is a Delicate Time	p. 29
At the feet of the Master	p. 55
Turning the Corner	p. 95
The Spirit of Tasmania	p. 131
Gliding through victoria	p. 181
Life on the Edge	p. 215
Once upon a time in the south-west	p. 261
North by North-west	p. 281
Coming home	p. 321
Afterword: so, what have we learnt from all this?	p. 353
Acknowledgements	p. 361
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