The 3000 Mile Line
An observational adventure documentary series in development
About the Series
The 3000 Mile Line follows five women who choose movement over comfort and uncertainty over control.
None of them are professional surfers. What draws them together is a shared willingness to leave the familiar behind and commit to a journey with no guaranteed outcome. Beginning in Australia, they travel to California to prepare for an ambitious expedition, a 3,000 mile surf and overland journey from Mexico through Central America to Panama.
As waves grow heavier and borders more complex, the journey begins to ask more of them than physical endurance alone. Surf conditions, fatigue, fear, and the unpredictability of travel place constant pressure on the group. Border crossings become thresholds, moments where progress can stall, plans can fracture, and resolve is tested.
Along the way, friendships deepen and strain. Silence, humour, frustration, courage, and doubt all have their place. Rather than offering answers, the series allows meaning to surface, slowly shaped by distance, effort, and the simple act of continuing.
The 3000 Mile Line is a story about women in motion, meeting themselves and each other in real time, somewhere between land and sea, control and surrender, certainty and the unknown.
The 3,000 Mile Line is an observational journey shaped by distance, endurance, and what emerges when certainty falls away.
Each wave, delay, and obstacle creates friction. Fatigue, humour, frustration, and resilience surface under pressure, revealing not who the women hope to be, but who they are when conditions are demanding and outcomes remain unclear.
Along the route, the journey intersects with brief encounters and local moments that offer contrast and interruption rather than answers. These exchanges pass quickly, leaving the group to continue forward with more questions than conclusions.
From established surf breaks to remote stretches of coastline across Central America, the pursuit extends beyond ideal conditions. Physical risk and logistical uncertainty intensify as time, proximity, and exhaustion strip away familiar routines.
As the journey moves south through Mexico and Central America, challenges shift from waves to survival logistics. Border crossings stretch for hours or days. Paperwork is questioned. Rules change without warning. Fees appear unexpectedly. Progress depends on patience, negotiation, or knowing when to stay quiet.
Vehicles break down far from help. Flat tyres arrive at critical moments. Equipment is delayed or held. Tempers flare under heat and fatigue. Every checkpoint carries the possibility of being turned back, rerouted, or stopped entirely.
Unpredictable terrain adds further pressure. Volcanic roads damage vehicles. Tropical storms flood routes. Ferry schedules collapse. Each setback forces decisions about whether to wait, reroute, or push on.
What unfolds is not a search for transformation, but a sustained test of endurance. A record of what adventure travel looks like when plans unravel and nothing moves according to schedule. The journey continues only because the group keeps choosing to move forward, even as forward becomes increasingly uncertain.
