The Exotic Booze Club

Brian Armstrong, Brian Armstrong

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ABC Audio
01 June 2013

Films, movies & cinema; Travel & holiday

At seven years old, the young Brian Armstrong was captivated by the pages of an old, yellow-bordered magazine. It wasn't just the bare-breasted tribeswomen that attracted his attention. Pictures of far-off jungles, exotic wildlife and intrepid explorers prompted the boy to declare, 'That's what I'm going to do when I grow up.' Twenty-five years later, that dream came true. The boy from Bendigo found himself travelling from one death-defying adventure to another as a seat-of-the-pants expedition filmmaker for the same company that produced those yellow-bordered magazines. Coping with deadly snakes, volcanoes, acid lakes, malaria, armed rebels and even a helicopter crash became part of a day's work. Time and again Brian asked himself the same three questions: 'How did I get here?' 'How do I get out of here?' And, most importantly, 'What's to drink?' Against his employer's strict anti-alcohol policy, this irreverent larrikin started the Exotic Booze Club. Brian exhorted fellow filmmakers and explorers to return to the office to share strange liquors and wild tales of daring exploits. This book gives you the true stories from behind the scenes of Brian's most dramatic films, framed by the rise and fall of the one and only Exotic Booze Club.

By: Brian Armstrong
Read by: Brian Armstrong
Imprint: ABC Audio
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 122mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 68g
ISBN: 9781743168936
ISBN 10: 1743168934
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Armstrong is the seventh child of a country horse trainer who ventured far from his boyhood town of Marong, Victoria. After more than a decade of reporting news and current affairs for Nine Network Australia, he moved to Washington DC and began a life of travel and documentary filmmaking, and worked as a staff producer for National Geographic. He has produced more than 50 documentaries for National Geographic Television and other broadcasters. When he's not on the road or planning his next adventure, he tries to stay sober, patch up his marriage and co-parent his three children. Brian Armstrong is the seventh child of a country horse trainer who ventured far from his boyhood town of Marong, Victoria. After more than a decade of reporting news and current affairs for Nine Network Australia, he moved to Washington DC and began a life of travel and documentary filmmaking, and worked as a staff producer for National Geographic. He has produced more than 50 documentaries for National Geographic Television and other broadcasters.

Reviews for The Exotic Booze Club

"""Exotic Booze Club is what it sounds like: a bit wild, a bit out there, a lot exotic ‒ and the amazing thing is all of it is true! Stories that would make Hunter S. Thomson proud ... I loved it."" -- Peter FitzSimons, author of Gallipoli"