Wildboy
Brando Yelavich
Penguin Books
Pub. 2015
March 02, 2022
I was told many times that “most people were gunners – gonna do this, gonna do that’. Every time I heard it, I became more determined to be a ‘do-er’. The fact that people thought I couldn’t do it made me more determined to prove to them that I could…”
Do you love books about adventure, discovery, and having the courage to chase your wildest dreams? Then this is the book for you!
Wildboy by Brando Yelavich is a gripping tale recounting how Yelavich himself, a gutsy 19-year-old from Auckland, walked all the way around the coast of New Zealand. Read more
Wildboy: To the Edge and Back
Brando Yelavich
Penguin Random House
pub. 2017
12 March, 2021
“I was on the brink of being so cold I couldn’t feel anymore, I realised I had hypothermia and I needed to do something right now, if I didn’t I was going to die…”
Wildboy: To the Edge and Back by Brando Yelavich talks about his death-defying walk around Stewart Island. This is a sequel to Wildboy – an adventurous account of his 600-day trek around the coastline of New Zealand but on that journey in 2014, he missed out on the hardest part of this beautiful country – Stewart Island. Read more
Wildboy
Brando Yelavich
Penguin Random House
2015
Wildboy is an autobiography in which the author writes about his 600 day journey all around New Zealand on foot. In each chapter of the book, he paints a very visual picture of his journey, be it Nelson to Karamea, or the final stretch of Whangarei to Cape Reinga. He describes his experiences of suffering hypothermia, almost dying, and living off the land. The book also shows that, no matter who you are and what upbringing or disability you have, you can accomplish anything.
Brando grew up loved, but became a bit of a vagabond. Read more
