Uni, 23, is determined to complete the trip from south to north on his foot-powered scooter – and regional Australia has welcomed him with open arms
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You often see lively sights on the back roads of north-east Victoria: tractors, horse floats, the occasional fruit seller.
But rarely will you see a young man scooting along gravel tracks, wearing a traditional Japanese kasa and carrying nothing but a backpack.