{"product_id":"battys-bush-bible-how-to-do-australia-a-hilarious-travel-survival-guide-for-aspiring-adventurers-from-the-beloved-co-creator-of-bush-mechanics-p-9780733343346","title":"Batty's Bush Bible: How to Do Australia, a Hilarious Travel \u0026 Survival Guide for Aspiring Adventurers from the Beloved Co-Creator of Bush Mechanics, P","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the director of the wildly popular \u003cem\u003eBush Mechanics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlack As\u003c\/em\u003e - a can-do guide for your next outback adventure filled with practical advice, ripper yarns and road-trip tips.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eDriving around Australia is one of life's biggest adventures, if you're crazy enough to do it. But as anyone who has broken down on the Nullarbor can attest, it's nerve-wracking to head out into the big red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Batty knows how to get out of hairy situations because he's wound up in a bunch himself. From nearly being washed away by flash floods in the Kimberley to being marooned on an island in the Top End eating stingray, \u003cem\u003eBatty's Bush Bible\u003c\/em\u003e is chock-full of yarns from David's four decades as a film director in the most remote regions of Australia. He has lived in Alice Springs and Broome longer than he has in the Big Smoke, has traversed the Tanami Track between Alice Springs and Darwin hundreds of times and reckons he's done more laps of Australia than a Qantas plane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also contains the wisdom of many of the First Nations people he has worked with throughout his career, including interviews with the original \u003cem\u003eBush Mechanics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlack As\u003c\/em\u003e boys. You'll find out how they stuff blown tyres with spinifex, fashion mulga wood into gear sticks and keep cars going long after their used-by date - and learn how to have a whirl yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBatty's Bush Bible \u003c\/em\u003eis your guide to going bush and living to tell the tale. Filled with practical advice, ripper yarns and road-trip tips, it's designed to be picked up, put down, tossed in the glove box or, if you really need it, used for kindling to cook your tailgate dinner. So whether you're a grey nomad, living your best #vanlife or just looking to do a bit of imaginative armchair tourism, this book is your bible for how to stay out of trouble in the outback - and make your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBatty, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDavid Batty's career spans more than 40 years of writing, producing, directing and shooting documentaries in Australia and, more recently, Papua New Guinea. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe helped establish the TV production unit at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA), for which he made a wide array of films and videos, all of which were predominantly in Aboriginal languages and often made with or featuring pre-contact people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLater, in Broome he teamed up with producer Jeni McMahon and wrote, shot and directed documentaries and TV series, including \u003cem\u003eRodeo Road\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSisters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePearls \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMission Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJila\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDesert Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInventions from the Shed \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGoing Bush\u003c\/em\u003e. With a long history of making programs with and for Aboriginal people, he is well known for his multi-award-winning series \u003cem\u003eBush Mechanics\u003c\/em\u003e, which he co-directed with Francis Jupurrurla Kelly. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBatty's recent projects include directing \u003cem\u003eConiston\u003c\/em\u003e, the story of Australia's last massacre of Aboriginal people in central Australia; the web series \u003cem\u003eBlack As\u003c\/em\u003e, which tracks four young men and their wild adventures across Arnhem Land; and the eight-part series \u003cem\u003eTruck Hunters \u003c\/em\u003efor Network 10, which follows the adventures of two rat truck-building enthusiasts as they scour the countryside in search of old American trucks. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBatty lives off grid on the New South Wales south coast but heads north in winter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABC Books Au","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615410225426,"sku":"9780733343346","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3a19136-da24-4ba5-b9d7-f13b7e4a5671.jpg?v=1758094958","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/battys-bush-bible-how-to-do-australia-a-hilarious-travel-survival-guide-for-aspiring-adventurers-from-the-beloved-co-creator-of-bush-mechanics-p-9780733343346","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}