At age 22, Gillian Larson set off solo to ride the length of America on horseback along the Pacific Crest Trail. I teamed up with her for a one week trip along the same trail to hear about her other three journeys across the US and the other parts of her amazing life.

My YouTube episode about our USA horse trek:

https://youtu.be/Yko9KYSfUE0

Follow Gillian:

https://www.instagram.com/thru_rider/

https://www.gillianlarson.net/

Thank you Redback Boots for sponsoring this episode!

https://redbackboots.com.au

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Mark Gresser just walked across Australia from west to east experiencing the full heat of a central Australian Australian summer while towing a cart full of supplies. We chat about life challenges before and during the trip.

Follow Mark on Instagram , Facebook and YouTube

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Shipwreck survivor James Morrill washed up on the Far North QLD coast in 1846, living with Aboriginal people for 17 years before re-assimilating into European society.

In this second episode of reading James' book about his experience, published in 1864, James outlines his observations of pre-European Aboriginal life, what they ate, language, how they dealt with the dead, spiritual beliefs and his appeal for land to be set aside for them. I continue to add my experience living off the land trying to escape his predicament in a homemade dugout canoe.

Listen to my Modern-Day Castaway audiobook about my journey up the Great Barrier Reef in a dugout canoe to escape James predicament.

Hard copy books containing James account

Captive of Empire - Bruce Breslin (this is the one I mentioned that delves into the Aboriginal context and issues of the period)

Mogoer Munya - John Elliot

Listen to the Castaway audiobook by Robert Macklin detailing the experience of Shipwrecked cabin boy Narcisse Pelletier

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