Outback Mike Survival and Adventure Podcast

At age 22, Gillian Larson set off solo to ride the length of America on horseback along the Pacific Crest Trail. I teamed up with her for a one week trip along the same trail to hear about her other three journeys across the US and the other parts of her amazing life.My YouTube episode about our USA horse trek:https://youtu.be/Yko9KYSfUE0Follow Gillian:https://www.instagram.com/thru_rider/https://www.gillianlarson.net/Thank you Redback Boots for sponsoring this episode!https://redbackboots.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Gresser just walked across Australia from west to east experiencing the full heat of a central Australian Australian summer while towing a cart full of supplies. We chat about life challenges before and during the trip.Follow Mark on Instagram , Facebook and YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shipwreck survivor James Morrill washed up on the Far North QLD coast in 1846, living with Aboriginal people for 17 years before re-assimilating into European society.In this second episode of reading James' book about his experience, published in 1864, James outlines his observations of pre-European Aboriginal life, what they ate, language, how they dealt with the dead, spiritual beliefs and his appeal for land to be set aside for them. I continue to add my experience living off the land trying to escape his predicament in a homemade dugout canoe.Listen to my Modern-Day Castaway audiobook about my journey up the Great Barrier Reef in a dugout canoe to escape James predicament.Hard copy books containing James accountCaptive of Empire - Bruce Breslin (this is the one I mentioned that delves into the Aboriginal context and issues of the period)Mogoer Munya - John ElliotListen to the Castaway audiobook by Robert Macklin detailing the experience of Shipwrecked cabin boy Narcisse Pelletier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shipwreck survivor James Morrill washed up on the Far North QLD coast in 1846, living with Aboriginal people for 17 years before re-assimilating into European society.In this episode I read out James' book about his experience, published in 1864, and compare it to my own in 2021, where I tried to escape his predicament in a homemade dugout canoe.Listen to Modern-Day Castaway, my self-read audiobook about my journey up the Great Barrier Reef in a dugout canoe to escape James predicament.Hard copy books containing James accountCaptive of Empire - Bruce Breslin (this is the one I mentioned that also delves into the Aboriginal context and issues of the period)Mogoer Munya - John Elliot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Australian commando Heston Russell fought in Middle East and after returning to ‘normal life’ had to fight to clear his name and those under his command. We unpick what happened, and the media, government landscape that allowed it.Heston Russell- Forging The Will To Fight (Book)Follow Heston on Instragam,an Facebook and YouTubeHestons proposed Veterans Protection Act Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.