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Brian Thacker Brian Thacker i(A90719 works by)
Born: Established: 1962 ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1968
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1 Slim Elvis in Tamworth Brian Thacker , 2010 single work prose travel
— Appears in: Red Dust & Wanderlust : Tales of Travel in Australia 2010; (p. 95-104)
1 1 y separately published work icon Sleeping Around: A Couch Surfing Tour of the Globe Brian Thacker , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1566077 2009 single work autobiography travel humour

'What sort of person offers up their couch to complete strangers? And how can said strangers be sure that the owner of that couch is not an axe-wielding psychopath? Intrigued by this fast-growing phenomenon Brian Thacker set out on a couch surfing tour of the globe to discover how and why dossing on someone's lounge room floor has become the latest, hippest way to travel.'

Source: Allen & Unwin website www.allenandunwin.com (Sighted 10/03/2009)
1 y separately published work icon Where's Wallis? : (Travels without a Guidebook) Brian Thacker , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2006 Z1566113 2006 single work autobiography travel humour
1 2 y separately published work icon I'm Not Eating Any of That Foreign Muck : Travels With Me Dad Brian Thacker , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2005 Z1216276 2005 single work autobiography travel
1 y separately published work icon The Naked Man Festival : And Other Excuses to Fly Around the World Brian Thacker , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2004 Z1566104 2004 single work autobiography travel humour 'Join Brain Thacker as he embarks on a round-the-world odyssey in search of as many silly, outlandish and even staggeringly banal festivals as time, distance and severe bouts of exposure will allow.' (Libraries Australia record)
1 y separately published work icon Planes, Trains and Elephants Brian Thacker , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2002 Z1566095 2002 single work autobiography travel humour 'Brian Thacker relates his most memorable journeys - from funny to beautiful to downright scary - including his trip on the Trans Siberian Express, his pub crawl on the London tube, his journey down the east coast of Australia in a truck, and a camel safari with a particularly grumpy camel.' (Libraries Australia record.)
1 y separately published work icon Rule No. 5 - No Sex on the Bus : (Confessions of a Tour Leader) Brian Thacker , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2001 Z1566085 2001 single work autobiography travel humour 'Brian Thacker confesses all as he reveals the best - and worst - of 20 trips as a tour leader around Europe. He tells how he fed clients horse meat spag bol, left a passenger at the side of a motorway in France for three hours, and how he lost his driver, the bus and, eventually, his patience.' (Libraries Australia record)
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