Getting that Motorcycle Karma ...

Last night, family, friends and colleagues of the four guys in the pic gathered at the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney for a preview of a one-hour documentary called 'Motorcycle Karma'. The guys, who all work in the television industry had headed off to India just before Christmas, 2004 to ride motorbikes across the southern part of the sub-continent. One of them (AJ, 2nd from left) is our son and the doco's cinematographer. The verdict? Brilliant. Entertaining, funny, poignant and sad as the guys 'ran into' the 2004 Tsunami that devastated South East Asia. The doco, which has been sold to the National Geographic Channel, follows the boys as they firstly look for 4 Royal Enfield motorbikes to hire, learn to ride them (2 of the guys had done little riding before) and then headed off for a 'boys own adventure'. As parents of AJ, we loved it - but the whole audience cheered and laughed and cried (I'm sure there were a few tears) as they allowed us to share in their journey.
The doco has its own web page - www.themotorcyclelesson.com (one of the project's working titles) with a whole stack of information and some stills from the trip.
The guys are hopeful for more sales - but I can thoroughly recommend it as a great piece of television .... but then I am biased and very proud of my son's work behind the camera.