Is That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil
Language: English
Published by Allen & Unwin, 2011
- Softcover
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- Title
- Is That Thing Diesel?: One Man, One Bike and the First Lap Around Australia on Used Cooking Oil
- Author
- Carter, Dr Paul
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1741757029
- ISBN 13
- 9781741757026
- Item weight
- 295 grams
In the spirit of Ewan and Charlie's Long Way Round, another hilarious, high-octane, seat-of-the-pants adventure from the slightly crazy Paul Carter circumnavigating Australia on a biodiesel motorcycle
At 40 years old, a successful writer, husband, and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labor? Not likely. With his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to take it easy stretched before him what else would a middle-aged, bike-obsessed, man want? Yes, that's right, he'd want to be the first guy to ride around Australia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle that runs on used cooking oil, wouldn't he? He embarks on a rollicking, often unhinged, and downright dangerous quest that starts on an environmentally friendly motorcycle built on a shoestring budget by students, and ends with a plan to break the motorcycle land speed record for biofuel. Lovely irony—the ride is sponsored by oil companies. Carter is back to his old balls-to-the-wall style of writing, so readers should prepare to laugh out loud.
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About the Author
Paul Carter worked in the oil industry for 15 years, and is the author of Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse and This Is Not a Drill.
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