Thinking bigger thoughts, dreaming bigger dreams
When Adelaide royalty tell you they’re visiting Sydney for work and they’d like to meet, you don’t turn down the invitation. That was how I found myself hanging out with Santo Arabia, the 37th person [...]
Sailing the seven seas
Captain Nadeesh Gulawita, the 36th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has had an action-packed life. When he was 29, Nadeesh became the youngest sea captain in Sri Lanka, [...]
The man who’s building a big, beautiful cathedral
Cullen Haynes, the 35th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, must be the busiest person in Sydney. He wakes up at 3.30am. He reads. He exercises. He arrives at [...]
The neverending lunch
Imagine this. You organise to meet a stranger for lunch. You say hello at 12.30pm. You say goodbye at 5pm. Sounds like a good lunch, no? Adrian Lea was the 34th person I’ve met on [...]