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The Welshman who airmailed himself home from Australia in a crate CNN 1 hr ago © Tom King/Mirrorpix/Getty Images Brian Robson has written a book about his ordeal. He d only just arrived in Australia from Wales, but teenager Brian Robson quickly realized that he d made a big mistake by emigrating to the other side of the world. Unfortunately the homesick 19-year-old didn t have the money to cover the cost of abandoning the assisted passage immigration scheme he d traveled with in 1964, as well as his return flight home. After realizing his options were pretty limited, Robson, from Cardiff, hatched a plan to smuggle himself onto a plane in a small box and travel back in the cargo hold.

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