PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTY HANNON. PUBLISHED BY HARDIE GRANT TRAVEL, 2017. *AIRBNBEscape
Would you quit your day job for a life in the great
outdoors? According to a new poll*, 64 per cent of
office workers would happily swap the nine-to-five
to pursue their passion. Here, photographers, chefs,
artists and dreamers share how they’ve swapped
the city commute for a daily dose of Mother Nature
Search for the stars
Former advertising exec Matty
Hannon quit his job in Australia
to ride his motorbike from Alaska to
Argentina, catching waves along
the route. On the way, he met his
perfect girl, Heather, pictured
here beneath the sweeping skies
of the Atacama Desert in Chile.