I picked this one up yesterday and haven't put it down,if you are into history this is a good one and I'm not talking surfing,from the first settlers to the 80000 sluaghtered to the first hotel,I'm almost half way the surfing part will come.
www.booktopia.com.au/bali-phil-jarratt/book/9781742706924.html?source=pla&gclid=CIb5iIaemsECFQVxvAod7IsAmA
Sounds good Mac
I have just finished on the trail of Genghis Kahn written by Tim Cope an Aussie who travelled on horseback across the length of the Eurasian steppe from Mongolia through Kazakhastan,Russia Crimea, Ukraine than Hungary it took him three years and was !0000 kilometers an amazing journey for a bloke who had never ridden or owned a horse before its a great read
Read it Mac the other week - I actually saw Phil at the Ubud Writers festival on Saturday would you believe. And the friend I was having lunch with was interviewed for the book and is actually mentioned in the book in a few places !!!! Small world.
i had a bit of read of picture mag at the work site dunnies.
does that count for anything
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..
Well did you or didn't you ?
Laceys got a sticker on his ute if the portaloo,s a rockin dont come a Knockin
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..
Well did you or didn't you ?
Actually do not answer that !!! 
yes sir,
manage to pump out a number two
is that what you mean
+100 for Tim Copes book. Very enlightening and he is amazingly well informed and open minded for one so young.
last book i read was the one mac gave me when i was 'resting' up.
something about a bloke called bob.
i had to read it because each saturday had a question and answer test by the headmaster of all things bob
later, i found the best thing to do was just to nod my head in approval, say what about the time in byron ba.....
and the great oracle of 'bob thru the ages or 4 decades- which every comes first' would finish the story off for me
thems were the days
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..
last book i read was the one mac gave me when i was 'resting' up.
something about a bloke called bob.
i had to read it because each saturday had a question and answer test by the headmaster of all things bob
later, i found the best thing to do was just to nod my head in approval, say what about the time in byron ba.....
and the great oracle of 'bob thru the ages or 4 decades- which every comes first' would finish the story off for me
thems were the days
Too funny lacey you made my day
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15675
A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699 by William Dampier
if you don't mind reading on a kindle or i-pad
not rivetting but interesting if you realize he was essentially a government sponsored pirate on the equivalent of boy's surf trip in the 1700's
Just finished Into the wild by Jon Krakauer...its the story of that young bloke that goes bush in Alaska and lives of the land before dying...and now I am onto his next book Where Men Win Glory about Pat Tilman the NFL player who quit footy to go fight the Taliban..both are excellent reads.
Select to expand quoteCtngoodvibes said..
Dirt music by Tim winton. Best book I have ever read.
Did you read Breath...I loved that book
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Just finished Into the wild by Jon Krakauer...its the story of that young bloke that goes bush in Alaska and lives of the land before dying...and now I am onto his next book Where Men Win Glory about Pat Tilman the NFL player who quit footy to go fight the Taliban..both are excellent reads.
Great author that one. Big fan.
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.
Select to expand quoteCobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.
cobra 473 posts= average 1 minute per post( log on think of shiz to write etc)= you could have read a 473 page book
Select to expand quoteboofy said..Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.
cobra 473 posts= average 1 minute per post( log on think of shiz to write etc)= you could have read a 473 page book
So Boofy have you read "War and Peace" then... (1906 posts etc...)
Select to expand quoteMahanumah said..boofy said..Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.
cobra 473 posts= average 1 minute per post( log on think of shiz to write etc)= you could have read a 473 page book
So Boofy have you read "War and Peace" then... (1906 posts etc...)
^^^
like i said boof when I'm away I'm not on line and still don't find the time.
i read a lot years ago, even the wife has stopped.
when laying around ,i think i would rather surf the net and do some research that kind of thing than read a book.
i would like to do the audio book and do something else, but my wife tells me that isn't going to happen,as males can't multitask.
Select to expand quoteCobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.
Do not watch TV and you will find lots of time !! !! Especially now you have a month off the turps
I find I can plow though a good book very quickly one they embrace me - much to the detriment of any other items on my to do list !
Cobra wtf taking a book to Indo,ok your going to read some on the plane or don't time my read on the sun lounge
But seriously when do you get time to read while in Indo,its all go go!
On another note I'm just about to snap some tickets up for a quick escape before the mad season starts and recharge
my batteries for a week if the planets alien in the next few days.
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.
Do not watch TV and you will find lots of time !! !! Especially now you have a month off the turps
I find I can plow though a good book very quickly one they embrace me - much to the detriment of any other items on my to do list !
I'm the same...I generally get through about 4 books a month and have been that way since I started high school....
