In conversation with Roland Perry
Overlander
Queensland Terrace, State Library of Queensland
Biography / Sport
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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 45 minutes
Guinness set out on the trip of a lifetime: to race across Australia in the inaugural Indian Pacific Wheel Race. A story involving strength, tragedy and the extraordinary power of the human spirit.
#Artist
Rupert Guinness
Rupert Guinness is a senior sports writer for the Sydney Morning Herald. He writes about rugby union, cycling and rowing has covered 20 Tours de France. Married and living in Sydney, Guinness was awarded a Walkley Award commendation in 2001 for his inside story for The Australian on the 1999/2000 Sydney to Hobart yacht race where he crewed - without ever having sailed before - as a grinder on board the line honours-winning maxi yacht Nicorette.
A former triathlete, club cyclist and elite lightweight rower, Guinness still rides and runs in marathons. He has written thirteen books.
#Moderator
Roland Perry
Roland Perry has published 33 books; 28 non-fiction and five fiction and splits his time with family in Melbourne and Chiang Mai.
