Drive Time: Australian Road Guide

by Greg Appel

This is the road guide that every home and glovebox needs. It should be in the bottom drawer of the bedside table in every roadside motel. It's perfect for those long meandering drives around this great country. For starters, there are no maps. You have to love that. Greg Appel combines memoir, a bunch of history and all sorts of weird info - some, you almost certainly don't need, and some that might be handy. And even if it's not, it's a great rambling discursive read. There are some famous people and musicians and writers in there and Greg and his family. There's lots and lots of classic Australian tourist 'n' travel memorabilia, tips on accommodation and eating options and places to see. Huge slabs of it is hysterically funny and some of it - hell - it's indispensably informative. The favourite travel book of this or any other year.

182 pages, Paperback

Published December 8, 2021

About the author

I'm basically a documentary maker with a broad set of skills. I've written quite a few books now, and enjoy that process a lot. It's a very personal way to communicate. Rock Star Self Help is my latest and connects to all the things I've done before.

I'm best known in Australia as a producer and director of social history documentaries for TV/Radio and online. But to a particular crowd, I'm better known as the songwriter for the ‘indie’ band the Lighthouse Keepers, who played around Australia and Europe in the mid 1980’s. I've continued to work in sound and music throughout my career. I ended up producing the ground breaking series Long Way to the Top (ABC TV 2001) about Australian Rock music, re-screened many times.