When Corey stepped out of the airport and into the glaring winter sun of Frankfurt, he had just his only three underpants and a pair of holey socks in his luggage. Never had he expected to come back to Germany. Because all he wanted before he set off for Australia was one last wicked holiday to put an end to his depressions afterwards. Once and for all.
Instead, he now tells incredible stories about shark-infested waters, the most beautiful woman of Australia and strangers who have revealed themselves to be friends for life. Along the way he met angry husbands, dangerous bar acquaintances, the fluffiest cat in the world, and some depressed Aussies who showed him every day anew how precious life really is.
12, 000 Miles is an open-heartedly written travel novel about Corey’s fight against his depression, wild parties and a series of stupid decisions that made him look at life from a different perspective.
In addition, future backpackers will find 36 essential tips about travelling in Australia:
- Which visa do I need?
- How do I re-register my driving licence?
- How do I get my money to Australia at the best price?
- What do I need to be allowed to work?
- How do I register my vehicle?
- What if I get lonely?
- What should I do if I encounter a snake, spider or shark?
- Which apps do I need?
- How is travelling suppose to improve my quality of life?
In other words, 12, 000 Miles is a travel-guide of its own kind, that tells the heartbreaking story of a lonely backpacker from Germany.
Зміст
Frankfurt am Main
Foreword
Guide-tip #1: Your individual journey
Auckland
Guide-tip #2: Don’t waste your time with stuff you hate
Guide-tip #3: Taking chances
Melbourne
Coolangatta
Guide-tip #4: Residence and work permits
Guide-tip #5: Getting started
Guide-tip #6: Diaries and self-reflection
Currumbin Valley
Guide-tip #7: Registration of your vehicle
Guide-tip #8: Apps and cell phone use
Guide-tip #9: Preparation
Byron Bay
Guide-tip #10: Wolf Creek
Guide-tip #11: Man vs. Wild
Guide-tip #12: Stay dry
Currumbin Valley
Nimbin
Guide-tip #13: Social anxiety
Yamba
Coffs Harbour
Newcastle
Guide-tip #14: I never, never, never […]
Summerland Point
Guide-tip #15: Music
Wyee
Summerland Point
Guide-tip #16: Don’t let your bridges burn
Frankfurt am Main
Summerland Point
Sydney
Summerland Point
Guide-tip #17: Don’t sleep with married women
Guide-tip #18: Summerland Point
Wyee
Guide-tip #19: Friendships, relationships and goodbyes
Peats Ridge
Blue Mountains
Sydney
Canberra
Batemans Bay
Guide-tip #20: Willingness to help
Guide-tip #21: Live and let live
Lake Entrance
Guide-tip #22: FOMO
San Remo
Melbourne
Guide-tip #23: A backpacker’s best friend […]
Shepparton
Guide-tip #24: The licence to pick
Bendigo
Echuca
Bendigo
Guide-tip #25: Learning to read
Guide-tip #26: Work, money and more paperwork
Guide-tip #27: Memberships and contracts
Guide-tip #28: Losses
Guide-tip #29: Always use a condom
Ballarat
Guide-tip #30: Work Visa & Permanent Residency Visa
Melbourne
Guide-tip #31: Partnership Visa
Summerland Point
Sydney
Currumbin Valley
Summerland Point
Guide-tip #33: Visa extensions
Guide-tip #34: Plans change
Port Lincoln
Corey’s ‘Cya later, mate’ Party
Guide-tip #35: Drugs
Guide-tip #36: Master plan against depression
Sydney
Frankfurt am Main
Guide-tip #37: Back home – what’s next?
Acknowledgements
Link collection
Let’s stay connected
About the Author
Про автора
Corey Visions was born on 31 January 1995 in Wiesbaden. The learned IT-businessman quickly realized that big city bustle and computer technology should not be the center of his life.
In October 2017 he went to Australia as a backpacker to turn his life upside down. On his 25th birthday, his first travel novel ‘19.000 Kilometer (GER)’ was published, in which he describes the beautiful but also dangerous life as a depressed traveler. Since then he has made it his goal to help other depressives back on their feet and to make it easier for backpackers in foreign countries to travel.
When Corey is taking a break from writing or traveling, he can usually be found at the gym where he pursues his next passion, bodybuilding. He also counts himself as an art philistine and provides regular entertainment on his You Tube channel Toxic Through and Through INT.