💾MY WORLDVIEW: As a 14 year old I went to a place called Wollangarra. There was a lot to like for a country kid who’d found himself living in the city, as if I’d returned to a world of trees and farming and big hats. We hiked for several days in the Victorian Alps, which as far as I remember was the first real hike I did. I remember thinking ‘this would be a great life’! Good parenting, then Wollangarra, was my crossroad. Having not been to Wollangarra for 29 ye

💾BAD RIVER - The Finke River: I decided to run the first 100km of the oldest river in the world to see what all the fuss is about. Having been to a sick urban river that’s been turned into a drain and a dead river based on the outfall of a mine, the Finke River in central Australia has a distinctly different, modern problem. Unlike rivers affected by local populations of people doing whatever nasty thing we do, the Finke is affected by those who don’t live there. Can a frec

💾A story about thinking you'll have time to go back. Adapted from: https://semi-rad.com/2025/04/maybe-next-time-maybe-not/ Music clearance through MusicBed Song: Aries (ft Gollden) by Sun Rain My newsletter about about adventure, creativity, running, and enthusiasm here: https://semi-rad.com/subscribe/ My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/semi_rad Buy my books, T-shirts, coffee mugs, merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/semi-rad All of my writing and drawings: https://semi-rad

💾Mike Sowden and I had a lovely Substack Live chat about storytelling. Like I say in the video, I always point to Mike's Everything Is Amazing Substack as a shining example of how to have fun with writing and turn it into a career. What a wonderful human being (of course he would hate me saying that). Check out Mike's writing here: https://everythingisamazing.substack.com/ We also mention my online writing course, which is here: https://semi-rad.com/courses/

💾WHEELBARROW UBER: I decided to do something I’ve been meaning to do for years, create Ubarrow, the world’s first wheelbarrow delivery service. Max Fosh, world famous YouTuber and funny man, would be my first client. Max was in Melbourne (my local town) for a show, so I reached out and asked if he needed a hand with anything. ‘Funny you should ask’, Max had said, ‘I need a lift to the Grand Prix’. ‘No worries Max. I’ve never met you befor

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💾JUNK CABIN REVISITED: In March 2020 as the Covid pandemic swept the world and homelife took on a whole new meaning, I had an idea; build my wife a cabin in the paddock without her knowing. I used only what was on the farm- stuff I’d been collecting for years off the roadside, from demolition projects or handed down from family and mates. Making the building without Helen knowing was as hard as it sounds, but I had the cover of an Oak tree in the furthest corner of the property.

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💾THE YOUTUBE FOREST: I’ve planted plenty of trees before, but always a known quantity, in a known allotment of time. So I had an idea. Hand the project over to YouTube to see how much money a video can make, and turn that money into trees. I’d then have to figure out where to plant them, how I’d get them in the ground before summer, who’d help, and how I’d get a hold of that many trees in such a short space of time. I had one month to earn the money and 6

💾A recording from Brendan Leonard and Jason Chatfield's live video https://semirad.substack.com/p/dma21-with-special-guest-brendan?utm_source=youtube

💾This is a clip from https://semirad.substack.com/p/dma21-with-special-guest-brendan?utm_source=youtube_shorts See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmd55-Dx-q0 #shorts #substack

💾This is a clip from https://semirad.substack.com/p/dma21-with-special-guest-brendan?utm_source=youtube_shorts See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmd55-Dx-q0 #shorts #substack

💾(this is not professional advice) Adapted from: A Regular Person’s Guide To Surviving An Ultramarathon https://semi-rad.com/2025/05/a-regular-persons-guide-to-surviving-an-ultramarathon/ Parking Lot Laps: A Rationale https://semi-rad.com/2021/05/parking-lot-laps-a-rationale/ Race Report: Motatapu Ultra (2025) https://semi-rad.com/2025/03/race-report-motatapu-ultra/ The Rut 50K In 4 Minutes (2024) https://youtu.be/M4vJR8H0vjk?feature=shared Race Report: Ultra-Trail Cape To

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💾MY NEMESIS - PART 2: My old high school mate Pete, who was my nemesis cross-country rival, now has stuffed hips. In 2022 I challenged him to run Australia’s hardest 100k mountain run before he went in for hip surgery. I’d run it with him, film it, say positive things, and do my darndest to get him to the finish line. We made it to the 60k mark before missing the cut off. It was a great day, but it was also a DNF... After delaying hip surgery one more year to throw his hat

💾My newsletter about about adventure, creativity, running, and enthusiasm here: https://semi-rad.com/subscribe/ My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/semi_rad Buy my books, T-shirts, coffee mugs, merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/semi-rad All of my writing and drawings: https://semi-rad.com/ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/semi_rad/ Music clearance through MusicBed Songs: the world is yours - Instrumental by skateshop Is The Hugeness Translating? (Sunrise Version) - I

💾FOREST UPDATE 2025: In 2021 I planted a tree a minute, for 24 hours, on my mates farm. It was freakin hard work, but also one of the coolest, most rewarding days I’ve ever had. I made a film about the project and promised folks I’d return every two years to show off the plot and see how the trees and bushes are going. This was a special day because I really felt like the project had landed. I had a cup of tea in the new forest, from water boiled on a fire made from the for

💾I find myself in Tasmania, about to descend a sickly orange, biologically dead river the locals call pumpkin soup. After 100 years of runoff from a mine, The Queen River, is considered the most polluted river in Australia.

💾URBAN FORAGING: I’ve always loved finding stuff, and as a self prescribed observer, always lookin’, I always seem to find money. This film is about finding as much cash as possible in a regular 9-5 workday in order to take my family to dinner. As a tap and go, cashless, app drive society, notes and coins are becoming a thing of the past. So, my work-day, find-money challenge, to buy-my-family-dinner, might be one of the worst ideas I’ve ever decided to film. - Pro

💾A recording from our Substack Live video https://semirad.substack.com/p/talking-self-publishing-with-martin?utm_source=youtube