YouTuber, new dad, and self-described oddball who needs to shower more, Beau is what happens when you cross Bear Grylls with Bush Tucker Man.
On a recent crossing of Bass Strait in a sea kayak, Beau Miles was voted 5th worst dressed in a party of 5. Being offbeat and NQR (Not Quite Right) speaks volumes about how Beau goes about life and represents himself to the world, believing wholeheartedly that we’re all weird. With a PhD in Outdoor Education, a string of successful short films under his belt, and a boundless passion for discovery, Beau’s exploits are funny, authentic, insightful and being copied all over the world.
After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Miles came back to his block in country Victoria. Staying put for the first time in years, Beau developed a new kind of lifestyle as the Backyard Adventurer. Whether it was walking 90km to work with no provisions, building a canoe paddle out of scavenged scrap or running a disused railway line through properties, blackberry thickets and past inquiring police officers, Beau has been finding ways to satisfy his adventurous spirit close to home.
A born storyteller, instinctual yarn spinner, academic rambler, marathon writer, and creator of his own narrative, Beau Miles’ has his first book coming out in May 2021 from Brio. The Backyard Adventurer is unlike any travel book, unlike any memoir, and unable to be pigeon-holed – as off-the-beaten path as Beau himself.
The Backyard Adventurer is about conscious experimentation with adventure, filled with new ideas on experimental learning, making meaning and inspiration out of tins of beans, bits of rubbish and elbow grease. This is one man’s unique take on the world, how to go about life; this book redefines and challenges what it means to go adventuring.
Beau is a cracking person. Crazy adventurer type. A beautiful writer of experience. Ego in-check. A doer. Beau is good for the place. Yeah, Beau is the real deal.
Visit Beau’s world via the world wide web here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm325cMiw9B15xl22_gr6Dw
