Gareth, Anne and Phil
Gone walkabout, Circumnavigating Oz, Australia
Going for broke, starting from scratch with nothing at all, not even clothing, we intend to raise the necessary resources, bit by bit, without any cash ever changing hands, to set off on the 14,000 kms journey from Brisbane, around Australia, to arrive back again on Australia Day. We will discard all our possessions, relying wholly on the kindness of others to provide us with everything we need to navigate around the continent. At the end of our adventure we will keep nothing but our footage, pictures and stories. All we've been given, that we have not used, will be auctioned off, with proceeds going towards the promotion of Child Literacy. We will keep nothing for ourselves save the proof that Australians are fair dinkum the worlds friendliest people.
Books
Our chosen charity is Book Aid International.
We believe books change lives. Books have definitely changed ours, inspiring ideas and creativity, giving us language skills, and aiding our education.
Please make a donation here to give impoverished children a chance to change their lives too.
Book Aid have said.
"Many thanks for choosing to support Book Aid International on your Australian adventure! It is very much appreciated and definietly one of the most imaginitive ways that money has been raised for us"
THE CHEEKY TRIP (Jobs we have done so far)
* 124. Washing a road train (Palmerston)
* 123. Baby sitting (Palmerston)
* 122. Tracter driving (Mataranka)
* 121. Forklifting (Mataranka)
* 120. Serving keno tickets (Mataranka)
* 119. Serving in a road house (Mataranka)
* 118. Leaf blowing (Mataranka)
* 117. House keeping (Mataranka)
* 116. Bar working (Mataranka)
* 115. Sawing off palm fronds (Larimah)
* 114. Whiper snipping (Larimah)
* 113. Roll painting a donga (Daly waters)
* 112. Cleaning windows (Daly Waters)
* 111. Sealing a roof
* 110. digging a drainage ditch
* 109. Paint striping (Tennant Creek)
* 108. Cleaning coragated walling (Tennant Creek)
* 107. Weighting grapes (Alice Springs)
* 106. Pruning grapes (Alice Springs)
* 105. Picking grapes (Alice Springs, Ti Tree)
* 104. Making cardboard boxes (Alice Springs)
* 103. Cleaning toilets (Alice Springs)
* 102. Cleaning fridges (Alice Springs)
* 101. Folding sheets (Alice Springs)
* 100. Making beds (Alice Springs)
* 99. Installing concrete foundations for decking(Alice Springs)
* 98. Sealing windows with silicon (Alice Springs)
* 97. Sorting out rubbish (Alice Springs)
* 96. Painting shed pillars (Alice Springs)
* 95. Recycling aluminium printing sheets (Alice Springs)
* 94. Stripping copper wire (Alice Springs)
* 93. Baking
* 92. Hanging up clothes onto rails St.Vincent de Pauls (Mount Isa)
* 91. Sorting through donation bags at St. Vincent de Pauls (Mount Isa)
* 90. Cutting out play money (School of the air)
* 89. Radio and newspaper interviews (constant)
* 88. Surveying prior to pool instalation (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 87. Selling show bags (Cloncurry races)
* 86. Installing pump for bore water (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 85. Water run; Checking waterholes and cattle troughs (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 84. Dowsing goose poo (Upperstone)
* 83. Levelling lawn (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 82. Strimming lawn (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 81. Transporting items on quad bikes (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 80. Feeding Chickens (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 79. Collecting eggs (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 78. Laying Stone paving around pool (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 77. Collection of paving stones from the outback (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 76. Pool installation (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 75. Pool assembly (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 74. Cutting wire water dranage for flowerpots (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 73. Sweeping fallen petals (Maronan Cattle Station)
* 72. Odd jobs for Camp Quality child cancer charity
* 71. Tidying up palm nursery grounds (Crystal Creek)
* 70. Pulling dead palm fronts from giant palms (Crystal Creek)
* 69. Dead heading Golden palms (Crystal Creek)
* 68. Photography work for A J Hacket
* 67. Grinding rust of weights (Deeral)
* 66. De-shelling coconuts (Deeral)
* 65. Mixing resin (Deeral)
* 64. Boat bogging (Deeral)
* 63. Torture boarding boat (Deeral)
* 62. Circular sanding Apoxy Resin (Deeral)
* 61. Weeding gravel (Cairns)
* 60. Blowing leaves (Walkerman)
* 59. Brick-o-brack stall holding (Yungaburra)
* 58. Making nursery rain shelters(Walkerman)
* 57. Repotting cacti (Walkerman)
* 56. Mixing Cacti food (Walkerman)
* 55. Cutting of cacti roots (Walkerman)
* 54. Transporting Cacti (Walkerman)
* 53. Removal of Trelises (Upperstone)
* 52. Transportation and replanting shrubs (Upperstone)
* 51. Chicken pen cleaning (Upperstone)
* 50. Stump cutting (Upperstone)
* 49. Tick watch (Upperstone)
* 48. Tree Surgery (Upperstone)
* 47. Permaculture Gardening (Upperstone)
* 46. Digging holes (Magnetic Island)
* 45. Removal of old water tank (Magnetic Island)
* 44. Burning out Tree stumps (Magnetic Island)
* 43. Weeding Vegetable Gardens (Magnetic Island)
* 42. Disposal of Cane TOads (Magnetic Island)
* 41. Watering Gardens (Magnetic Island)
* 40. Dump Runs (Magnetic Island)
* 39. Building Possom Boxes (Magnetic Island)
* 38. Mulching (Magnetic Island)
* 37. Shifting ant covered garden waste (Bowen)
* 36. Handing out flyers (Airlie Beach)
* 35. Dressing up as Mermaids (Airlie Beach)
* 34. Digging trenches for guttering (Strathdickie)
* 33. Bleaching caravans (St. Helens Creek)
* 32. Wiping down tables
* 31. Waiting for Sphincter action. Collecting alpaca poo for worming analysis (Yeppoon)
* 30. Raking alpaca poo for fertilizer (Yeppoon)
* 29. Planting trees (Yeppoon)
* 28. Leaf raking (Yeppoon)
* 27. Hosting open day at alpaca farm (Yeppoon)
* 26. Bleaching Caravan (St Helens Creek)
* 25. Masking woodwork (Reesville)
* 24. Undercoating studio (Reesville)
* 23. Weeding garden (Reesville)
* 22. Painting window sills (Reesville)
* 21. Sorting out library (Reesville)
* 20. Painting cottages (Reesville)
* 19. Pulling up thistles (Reesville)
* 19. Mosaic grouting at a height (Reesville)
* 18. Sweeping roof (Reesville)
* 17. Building stone facades (Reesville)
* 16. Spray painting roof (Kennilworth)
* 15. Cleaning cottages (Kennilworth)
* 14. Hanging up clothes (Kennilworth)
* 13. Laundry (Kennilworth)
* 12. Digging up tree roots (Kennilworth)
* 11. Watering orange trees (Kennilworth)
* 10. Mowing (Kennilworth + many other places)
* 9. Spreading Mulch (Kennilworth)
* 8. Collecting manure (Kennilworth)
* 7. Building dry stone wall around bonfire (Kennilworth)
* 6. Oiling wooden bridges (Kennilworth)
* 5. Worming Sheep (Kennilworth)
* 4. Catching Sheep (Kennilworth)
* 3. Painting Goat Shed (Kennilworth)
* 2. Painting shed doors (Kennilworth)
* 1. Washing dishes (Caloundra)
As ChEEky as you Can't's Details
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As ChEEky as you Can't Come see us de robe in the valley mall BRISBANE this sunday 9am!!!!! Posted at 8:48 AM Sep 18, 2008 view more
About me: ..
Three friends from around the UK have come together in Brisbane to set off on a circumnavigation of Australia, to raise money for a child literacy charity, Book Aid International and to write a book about their travels. With one small exception: They must start the trip from scratch, with nothing more than their trust in good will and generosity. They will start without any money, vehicle or even clothing. At least to begin with. The countdown begins on the 14th, and they have a week to collect all they need for the starting date, Sunday the 21st September, aiming to return to Brisbane on Australia Day. No easy ride.
Giving up their jobs, their homes, their comforts and all their possessions, they will circumnavigate this huge continent, with the help of Aussies nationwide. Needing help to start and even more to keep them going, the three will work on the premise of being as cheeky as they ‘can’t’, “when being as cheeky as we ‘can’ isn’t enough”. No cash can be earned, but they will work their way around, swapping their skills and willingness to try anything once.
They will be documenting their experiences online at their blog AS CHEEKY AS YOU CAN'T where anyone thinking of traveling in Australia can see their quirky take on what Oz has to offer. “We want to go to the out-of-the-way-places and experience the spirit of Australia, the people and their different lifestyles, doing work no one knows of or know little about and learning a lot along the way.”
Be it bee-keeping for a litre of milk or dressing up as meter maids for a tank of petrol, working on a llama farm for a bed for the night, or building stone walls, these Poms won’t back down from any challenge. “Although we might stay away from playing you at cricket”, says Phil. “The point of this is to get people involved, to have a good time and raise money for charity, this isn’t achievable without people’s participation. The Aussies are famous for being great company and good humoured, we think this is a great idea to showcase these qualities to the world”.
“All the Aussies we know are very friendly and have a great sense of humour. There’s nowhere else a trip like this could be possible”, says Gareth. The adventure is as much about the people they meet along the way as it is about the need to keep going. “We’re looking forward to seeing what happens on this journey. We are wholly reliant on goodwill and generosity here. But we have faith in Aussie mateship and hope to collect stories as we pass through a diversity of landscapes. At the end of this there will be a lot of people to thank!”
While promoting and raising funds for Bookaid International a child literacy charity, they will be visiting local communities hoping for a warm welcome. “We want to see the country as Australians see it. We’re guests in your backyard really, this is your home, we’d love you to show us around. It’s such a big place. There’s so much to see and do. It’s too easy for visitors to just go to the same places. We love the idea of being shown around Oz by the Aussies!”
They will be in Fortitude Valley Mall 9am Sunday 21st September, where they will ceremoniously remove their work clothes and don a black bin liner each. They will be there all day talking to the people of Brisbane before they start doing reviews and write ups that evening. “We only hope it won’t be too long before we are given a vehicle so we can leave for our first destination, heading north, after Brisbane.” Upon their return, everything that has been donated and things they have accumulated along the way will be auctioned off for Book Aid, finishing exactly as they started, but for their experiences and the money they raise for charity.
Please visit AS CHEEKY AS YOU CAN'T for more details and pictures.
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Please feel free to contact anytime.
email: ascheekyasyoucant@gmail.com
Anne 0405637156 anne-race@hotmail.co.uk
Gareth 0434259934 gwynab_iau@yahoo.co.uk
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone and everyone who is kind, willing and crazy enough to help us on our 15,000kms journey round Australia!
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