Swimming to Indonesia - Day 5

Out of 10, how do you rank Australia's humaneness? Like, do we care about other people, or not? Do you know what I mean?

Swimming to Indonesia - Day 4

Both major Australian political parties promote official public policies of sending people who arrive on boats back to South East Asia. They also promote 'closer economic ties' with the region.

Swimming to Indonesia - Day 3

With Climate Change comes an increasing need for effective migration strategies.

Swimming to Indonesia - Day 2

What's turning back the idea of a boat to Indonesia?
It's about 830km from Darwin to Kupang.
Couldn't we do that overnight? It's like a 10 hour journey, right?

Swimming to Indonesia - Day 1

It impossible to get to Indonesia without flying. If you ask the companies that take boats there, they will um and ah and then say something like "just fly, mate". After 6 months of research and various rebukes, I am staging a project over 6 days trying to hitchhike on a boat from a Darwin marina in a place called Cullen Bay Marina. Each day my collaborator Charlotte is taking a photo. I will add them day by day.

Bashed in Caboolture

Recently, I was involved in a bashing in Caboolture, which is north of Brisbane. Below is the letter I wrote to the Caboolture News attempting to get published.

Letter to Caboolture News by

Letter to Myanmar VP

This letter I wrote to the Myanmar Vice-President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, outlining the reasons why I should be permitted to travel overland between Thailand and India.

Letter to Myanmar VP by rpettifer