This man traveled thousands of miles across Australia. He did it on a skateboard Share Updated: 3:50 PM CDT Apr 13, 2021 By Don Riddell, CNN Share Updated: 3:50 PM CDT Apr 13, 2021
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Show Transcript 4000 kilometers on four little wheels. For the Australian tom jury, it has been a four month journey of continental proportions and all upon the tiniest mode of transport. Yes, a skateboard When corona was happening, like in the pandemic was happening, I was kind of getting a bit of interfered, a bit of cabin fever at home. So I started skateboarding longer distances just to clear my head a bit. So, um, yeah, I mean, I don t know, I was just looking for an adventure. Hey, an adventure would be an understatement. The 28 year old embarked on an epic voyage of self discovery, scathing from Melbourne to Cairns and along the way he gained a unique perspective of his country s eastern coast. There is a huge pathan that s just eating and s
If you ve been out driving on the eastern coast of Australia in the last few months, you might have seen Tom Drury. He would have been hard to miss, a 28-year-old with a droopy moustache and a backpack, cruising along by the side of the Bruce Highway. Cruising, on a skateboard.
If you’ve been out driving on the eastern coast of Australia in the last few months, you might have seen Tom Drury. He would have been hard to miss, a 28-year-old with a droopy moustache and a backpack, cruising along by the side of the Bruce Highway. Cruising, on a skateboard.
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A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to Roe Street, Miriam Vale at 1.29pm to respond to a man having a medical episode.
“Paramedics transported the patient by ambulance to the rugby league grounds where the man was loaded into the RACQ Helicopter for transport to hospital,” the spokeswoman said. The RACQ Capricorn Rescue Helicopter was tasked to Miriam Vale to airlift a man to hospital.
The RACQ Capricorn Rescue helicopter issued a statement about the incident.