The Great Australian Bite

My band of high school buddies all had a wanderlust, to search out the world, some of us went global, others headed off across the country. This story recounts the year of 1974 as The Great Australian Bite follows a life-changing journey of a young man in his early twenties from the East Coast, across the Nullarbor Plain to Western Australia and back. While I chose to go off around the world, Alan veered westward, lured by a road trip and surfing life to Western Australia he'd read about in Tracks magazine. My journey had its own unforeseen escapades, but Alan's journey provides fodder for this tale of adventure and humor. He experienced a maturing into adulthood, building bonds of friendship, trust, enjoyed the surfing life and traveling through cultural differences, and indifferences, all in one grand journey.
It takes place across the breadth of Australia and it includes a little of everything. The only caveat is that names have been changed to protect the guilty and the innocent alike. One of the few details we wish we had on video is the expression on the face of that Australian police detective, when he realized exactly who, he had in his police lockup.

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The Great Australian Bite

My band of high school buddies all had a wanderlust, to search out the world, some of us went global, others headed off across the country. This story recounts the year of 1974 as The Great Australian Bite follows a life-changing journey of a young man in his early twenties from the East Coast, across the Nullarbor Plain to Western Australia and back. While I chose to go off around the world, Alan veered westward, lured by a road trip and surfing life to Western Australia he'd read about in Tracks magazine. My journey had its own unforeseen escapades, but Alan's journey provides fodder for this tale of adventure and humor. He experienced a maturing into adulthood, building bonds of friendship, trust, enjoyed the surfing life and traveling through cultural differences, and indifferences, all in one grand journey.
It takes place across the breadth of Australia and it includes a little of everything. The only caveat is that names have been changed to protect the guilty and the innocent alike. One of the few details we wish we had on video is the expression on the face of that Australian police detective, when he realized exactly who, he had in his police lockup.

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The Great Australian Bite

The Great Australian Bite

by David Fetherston
The Great Australian Bite

The Great Australian Bite

by David Fetherston

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Overview

My band of high school buddies all had a wanderlust, to search out the world, some of us went global, others headed off across the country. This story recounts the year of 1974 as The Great Australian Bite follows a life-changing journey of a young man in his early twenties from the East Coast, across the Nullarbor Plain to Western Australia and back. While I chose to go off around the world, Alan veered westward, lured by a road trip and surfing life to Western Australia he'd read about in Tracks magazine. My journey had its own unforeseen escapades, but Alan's journey provides fodder for this tale of adventure and humor. He experienced a maturing into adulthood, building bonds of friendship, trust, enjoyed the surfing life and traveling through cultural differences, and indifferences, all in one grand journey.
It takes place across the breadth of Australia and it includes a little of everything. The only caveat is that names have been changed to protect the guilty and the innocent alike. One of the few details we wish we had on video is the expression on the face of that Australian police detective, when he realized exactly who, he had in his police lockup.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940044727113
Publisher: David Fetherston
Publication date: 07/11/2012
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 235 KB

About the Author

Education and Business Experience
1977 - Graduated four-year college - photography in Canberra, Australia
1970 - 1984 Australian National University-Photo Assistant to Senior Photographer
1978 - State President-Australia Institute of Photography (ACT Division)
1978 & 1982 - Held two One-Man photography shows in Australia.
1982-1984 - Videographer. Creative Producer - National Party - Canberra, Australia
1979-1980 - 1981 Art schools in San Francisco, Sydney and Canberra.
1978-1979 - Lectured in photography at University of Canberra – School of Design
1983-2004 - Freelance automotive photographer and journalist Features Editor
1990- SCCA ITA Racer
1990-2004 - Marketing Director at Fetherston Publishing
2000-2004 - Marketing and Creative Director for Thaxton Press
1990-2008 - Authored 35 automotive history/technical books
1994-2003 - SRJC - Photoshop, Illustrator, marketing, advertising and public relations
1996-Present - President & Creative Director Fetherston Publishing and Marketing
2004-2008 - Director of Marketing-Flowmaster, Santa Rosa, California
2006-2008 - Director of Marketing-Hushpower, Santa Rosa, California
2008-2010 - Partner in Friction Drive Marketing and Media
1996-Currently-President & Creative Director Fetherston Publishing and Marketing
Professional Awards
1988 - Placed Second: Carroll Shelby Autocross Championship
1991 - Won a Motorsports Press Award for Journalism
1992 - Won a Motorsports Press Award for Journalism
1993 - Two Motorsports Press Awards for Journalism
1995 - Two Motorsports Press Awards for Journalism
1999 - Awarded Automotive Book of the Year in 1999
Plus three other Moto Awards
2005 - Louis Vuitton Concours - New York - Judge
2007 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism
2008 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism
2008 - Rocky Mountains Concours de Elegance
Divisional Head Judge
2009 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism
2010 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism

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