Horizon Fever II: Explorer A E Filby's own account of his extraordinary Australasian Adventures 1921-1931

Even before Archibald Edmund Filby (Victoria Tweads roguish uncle) embarked on his famous African expeditions he took advantage of a government-sponsored scheme to migrate to Australia. It was 1921 and his daredevil nature soon had him performing reckless feats as a buckjumper in a popular circus rodeo. Whilst trekking through this vast continent he embraced the opportunity to become a jockey photographer actor pilot car-salesman and pearl diver. But Australia was just a stepping stone for Archie to explore many other colourful far-eastern countries including India Singapore Borneo Java and China. Horizon Fever II covers explorer A E Filbys early years and his descriptions although utterly fascinating sometimes make uncomfortable reading.