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Two Weeks

Category: Environment

An introspective documentary about reconnecting humans with nature, mind games, rainforest chic and tent engineering from Byron Bays top binliner-wearing hitch-hiker nature man. Far out.

Johnny Abegg documentary

Johnny Abegg's blog is far out. His introspective stream-of-consciousness writing spins you out to the depths of the Tasmanian rainforest where he decided to spend two weeks in solitude, armed only with two 35kg sacks of supplies and a binliner poncho.

Johnny spent his two weeks in Tasmania alone and came out alive, his own down-under style 'into-the-wild' - and has decided to share his tale of swamps, pristine rainforest, battering weather and wilderness in his film Two Weeks.

It's about documenting being humbled - going back to nature's basics, standing in some of the world's most wild and untamed land purposefully under-equipped and scared - a personal experiment to take the city-life guinea pig back to the jungle. The film is pretty far out - as can be expected of someone left on their own in the wild - and Johnny brings back some great shots of his 'rainforest chic' fashion style as well as highlighting a very relavent message - people are distancing themselves from nature at a rate faster than ever before. Are we going too far?

Environmental charity Still Wild Still Threatened will benefit from a share of the film's proceeds to contribute to their work in protecting some of Tasmania's pristine wilderness from the increased commercial activity on the island.

All good stuff. Johnny asked for Rapanui's help to get Two Weeks off the ground and running. It's been an interesting project looking into making custom Wholesale Organic clothing for his film and hope you enjoy the trailer on the right.