"Was that a Stormtrooper on the highway?"
Not a conversation we expected to be having. Certainly not so far away from any town. Certainly not in remote Western Australia. But there he was on the side of the highway. Was he pushing a cart? We had to turn back.
Meeting someone travelling Australia on foot has been a weird sidenote on my bucket list for a while now. It stems from too many viewings of The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert in college.
Because we travel so often, it seemed inevitable that the meeting would happen someday, but I never expected it to be a Stormtrooper on a solo mission.
Scott Loxley is walking around Australia to raise money for a new building for Monash Children's Hospital, and he is putting in an amazing effort. You can follow his adventures on his Stormin' Australia Facebook page and donate via everydayhero to help Scott help kids.
As a friend on Facebook commented: The Force is strong with this one.
I read about him just the other day as well as this guy: http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/2458051/yuuichis-aussie-walk-nears-end/?cs=320
ReplyDeleteLow and behold, heading up to Sydney this morning and guess who I see pulling a rickshaw past Waterfall train station. I gave him a few friendly beeps of my horn and got a wave back, shame it was a bit unsafe to pull up at the time.