Earth Rust & Gold Dust

As a follow up to 'How to Wipe Your Arse in Thailand', author Pete Wood completes the journey that was previously cut short, and finally reaches Australia. Once again, even with the best made plans, Wood manages to get into some difficult situations, described with humour in the same frank and witty style. On a brief but stunning four week tour of the country, the author's insightful observations of English, Australian and Aboriginal cultures are described in Earth Rust & Gold Dust with an honest viewpoint, still open and quite unique. Even the land of dreams has issues, it seems, and in a world where global issues are rising on global agendas, the thoughts and insights written are both entertaining and increasingly topical. But once again it is the chance encounters and colourful characters met along the way, described with charming anecdotes and amusing asides, that make this book an experience so worth reading.