The Great Australian Bite
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My band of high school buddies all had a wanderlust, to search out the world, some of us went global, others headed off across the country. This story recounts the year of 1974 as The Great Australian Bite follows a life-changing journey of a young man in his early twenties from the East Coast, across the Nullarbor Plain to Western Australia and back. While I chose to go off around the world, Alan veered westward, lured by a road trip and surfing life to Western Australia he’d read about in Tracks magazine. My journey had its own unforeseen escapades, but Alan’s journey provides fodder for this tale of adventure and humor. He experienced a maturing into adulthood, building bonds of friendship, trust, enjoyed the surfing life and traveling through cultural differences, and indifferences, all in one grand journey.
It takes place across the breadth of Australia and it includes a little of everything. The only caveat is that names have been changed to protect the guilty and the innocent alike. One of the few details we wish we had on video is the expression on the face of that Australian police detective, when he realized exactly who, he had in his police lockup.
David Fetherston
Education and Business Experience 1977 - Graduated four-year college - photography in Canberra, Australia 1970 - 1984 Australian National University-Photo Assistant to Senior Photographer 1978 - State President-Australia Institute of Photography (ACT Division) 1978 & 1982 - Held two One-Man photography shows in Australia. 1982-1984 - Videographer. Creative Producer - National Party - Canberra, Australia 1979-1980 - 1981 Art schools in San Francisco, Sydney and Canberra. 1978-1979 - Lectured in photography at University of Canberra – School of Design 1983-2004 - Freelance automotive photographer and journalist Features Editor 1990- SCCA ITA Racer 1990-2004 - Marketing Director at Fetherston Publishing 2000-2004 - Marketing and Creative Director for Thaxton Press 1990-2008 - Authored 35 automotive history/technical books 1994-2003 - SRJC - Photoshop, Illustrator, marketing, advertising and public relations 1996-Present - President & Creative Director Fetherston Publishing and Marketing 2004-2008 - Director of Marketing-Flowmaster, Santa Rosa, California 2006-2008 - Director of Marketing-Hushpower, Santa Rosa, California 2008-2010 - Partner in Friction Drive Marketing and Media 1996-Currently-President & Creative Director Fetherston Publishing and Marketing Professional Awards 1988 - Placed Second: Carroll Shelby Autocross Championship 1991 - Won a Motorsports Press Award for Journalism 1992 - Won a Motorsports Press Award for Journalism 1993 - Two Motorsports Press Awards for Journalism 1995 - Two Motorsports Press Awards for Journalism 1999 - Awarded Automotive Book of the Year in 1999 Plus three other Moto Awards 2005 - Louis Vuitton Concours - New York - Judge 2007 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism 2008 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism 2008 - Rocky Mountains Concours de Elegance Divisional Head Judge 2009 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism 2010 - International Automotive Media Award for Journalism
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