'Very, very hot': Japanese backpacker nears Cairns after travelling 3,000km across Australia on a scooter
“It’s very very hot,” Uni, the 23-year-old Japanese traveller, says. “Lot’s of trucks as well, it’s a bit scary.”
When Guardian Australia caught up with Uni this week, he had travelled almost 60km that day along the service lane with just his foot-propelled scooter and a backpack to reach the cane-growing town of Ingham, less than 250km from his goal.
Ingham newspaper Wet Tropic Times found him last-minute accomodation for the night with local resident Glen Ceff.
“I’ll tell you what: I definitely wouldn’t do it,” Ceff says. “It’s absolutely insane but also amazing, I have always travelled so I love travellers.”
@himajinn.uni その額3000ドル!!#オーストラリア #キックボード #縦断 #kick #scooter #ワーホリ #英語 #初心者 #ハプニング #旅 #バックパッカー #ロン毛 #キャンプ #アウトドア #ドローン #シドニー #melbourne #Cairns #trip #traveler #Uni #guardian #news #cross #Japanese #backpacker ♬ melt bitter - sato moka
走っていたら車に轢かれかけて運転手が降りてきた「sorry…」タバコの灰が目に入り見えなくてぶつかりそうになったようです????でもその後いい事の連続!街につきカフェに行くと店員さんがご馳走してくれたのと、街の記者に見つかりそのまま取材を受けることに!そしてさらに… pic.twitter.com/9RG6yEH44d
— うに/キックボードの旅人/暇人の極み達 (@HimazinKiwami11) May 23, 2023
Sporting his Japanese kasa hat and the same slippers he set out in, Uni, who prefers his surname not be used, has become something of a celebrity in regional Australia. More than 18,000 people are following the daily updates of his adventure, which he has dedicated to raising money for UNHCR, after being inspired by a family of Ukrainian refugees he met when he passed through Port Macquarie, New South Wales. ...continue reading

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