Matt Towner's guest appearances

Matt Towner

Coffee Chats with Matt Collins

The atelier's Podcast

The Bald and The Beautiful - with Dave Eller

Janine Allis

John Wayne Parr

Samuel Johnson

Chris Walker

Ben Hawkins

Rachel Smith

Robert Bruce

Jeff Morgan

Mike Campbell

Katie Noonan

Paul Morris

Liam Wilson

Michael Bennett

Keith Campbell

Julia Zemiro

OwlTail

Have I got an interesting guy for you to meet today! I've known him for about 15/16 years or so. And my son even calls him Uncle Matty. A colourful character with an even more colourful past.   He took rugby to the United State some 30 years ago, playing for a start up University team in San Diego. But his love for travelling saw him board a plane for anywhere, and a chance meeting with a man named Carlos took him.... everywhere. He became a gem smuggling gypsy, travelling from India to Thailand to Hong Kong, all around the place, with a backpack full of illegal gems.   Eventually working in real estate, he lost his fortune in the Global Financial Crisis, and so jumped on a plane to Thailand to getaway and de-stress. And as so many tourists do, he hired a motorbike to travel around. But he had one hell of an accident that saw him end up in hospital in intensive care for 3 months with a broken back, fractured skull, punctured lung, broken ribs and a bunch of other broken bits and pieces.   He has released a book called 'Crazy Shit in Asia', all about how stuff can go astray when overseas. He also hosts a breakfast radio slot on Byron Bay's community radio station, Bay FM.   www.matttowner.com   www.bayfm.org

Have I got an interesting guy for you to meet today! I've known him for about 15/16 years or so. And my son even calls him Uncle Matty. A colourful character with an even more colourful past. He took rugby to the United State some 30 years ago, playing for a start up University team in San Diego. But his love for travelling saw him board a plane for anywhere, and a chance meeting with a man named Carlos took him.... everywhere. He became a gem smuggling gypsy, travelling from India to Thailand to Hong Kong, all around the place, with a backpack full of illegal gems. Eventually working in real estate, he lost his fortune in the Global Financial Crisis, and so jumped on a plane to Thailand to getaway and de-stress. And as so many tourists do, he hired a motorbike to travel around. But he had one hell of an accident that saw him end up in hospital in intensive care for 3 months with a broken back, fractured skull, punctured lung, broken ribs and a bunch of other broken bits and pieces. He has released a book called 'Crazy Shit in Asia', all about how stuff can go astray when overseas. He also hosts a breakfast radio slot on Byron Bay's community radio station, Bay FM. <a href="http://www.matttowner.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.matttowner.com</a> <a href="http://www.bayfm.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bayfm.org</a>

Gem Smuggling Gypsy - Matt Towner

With book titles like 'Crazy Sh*t in Asia' and 'Abroad, Broke &amp; Busted', you know travel Author, Matt Towner's stories from afar aren't going to be like the ones you hear in Lonely Planet. Matt shares some of his incredible overseas journeys including his near fatal motorbike accident in the jungles of Thailand and the adventurs as a 'gem stone gypsy' travelling the world dodging customs officers. This Coffee Chat is sponsored by Monochrome Coffee Co.

With book titles like 'Crazy Sh*t in Asia' and 'Abroad, Broke &amp; Busted', you know travel Author, Matt Towner's stories from afar aren't going to be like the ones you hear in Lonely Planet. Matt shares some of his incredible overseas journeys including his near fatal motorbike accident in the jungles of Thailand and the adventurs as a 'gem stone gypsy' travelling the world dodging customs officers. This Coffee Chat is sponsored by Monochrome Coffee Co.

Matt Towner (Travel Author)