{"product_id":"bad-river-by-beau-miles-9781761624865","title":"Bad River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBackyard adventurer Beau Miles takes on four of Australia’s most human-impacted rivers to ask the uncomfortable question: why do we destroy the very thing that keeps us alive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen filmmaker Beau Miles was thirty-six years old, he had a mid-life adventure crisis. Instead of buying a sports car or having an affair, he decided to kayak the length of his boyhood river. The three-day journey was one of utter despair; he lost his voice from swearing at how badly the river had been battered by farmers, tourists, town planners and old blokes spraying weed killer. He was horrified to realise that a river he thought he knew well was, in fact, very sick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so the Bad River project was born: expeditions down four major rivers, each telling a new story of the havoc humans have wreaked upon them. From Sydney to Tasmania, and from Alice Springs to Victoria, Beau kayaks, runs, canoes and rafts in search of meaning – and a way forward – within these endangered waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal, insightful and eternally self-aware, \u003ci\u003eBad River\u003c\/i\u003e follows Beau into the currents of desolation and hope that course through the backwaters of Australia, revealing the surprising lessons these rivers can teach us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48402561466604,"sku":"9781761624865","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761624865.jpg?v=1790041150","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/bad-river-by-beau-miles-9781761624865","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}