The Backyard Adventurer

· Author's Republic · Narrated by Beau Miles
4.8
17 reviews
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8 hr 31 min
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After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Miles came back to his block in country Victoria. Staying put for the first time in years, Beau developed a new kind of lifestyle as the Backyard Adventurer. Whether it was walking 90km to work with no provisions, building a canoe paddle out of scavenged scrap or running a disused railway line through properties, blackberry thickets and past inquiring police officers, Beau has been finding ways to satisfy his adventurous spirit close to home.

This book is about conscious experimentation with adventure, making meaning and inspiration out of tins of beans, bits of rubbish and elbow grease. Beau's Backyard exploits are funny, authentic, insightful and being copied all over the world.

YouTuber, new dad, and self-described oddball who needs to shower more, Beau is what happens when you cross Bear Grylls with Bush Tucker Man. With a PhD in Outdoor Education, a string of successful short films under his belt and a boundless passion for discovery, Beau is the real deal.

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4.8
17 reviews
kleseus (Kleseusxz)
6 June 2023
It is an exceptional story of a guy who does things abroad but still in his backyard, which seem so simple, yet rarely someone does something at equal for themselves or the people around them. I felt inspired already through the films by him alone, and I did and do stuff (tinkering, fixing) around my house already. This book told stories I witnessed through his movies. Many aspects were similar, tho this time the stories seemed to have more of Beau's feelings and impressions than the films showed. I found the stories on how he experienced life in his youth and adulthood, which have not been told interly in the films to be the most interesting ones. His view on living and adventuring, especially after May (his daughter), was born. It is a good, mostly well written, book, and I enjoyed it, I will consider buying a copy to read it myself.
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