I’ve just heard that Blacksmith Books has secured a distributor for Australia and NZ. This means that my book will be available in local bookshops later this year! Well done, Pete.
Month: July 2010
Free Health Care in NZ
I’d already decided this would be my last week of snowboarding before the accident. I probably didn’t enjoy it as much as I had in the past because of the lack of snow cover and the flat light that removed all definition from the snow and blended it perfectly with the mist. There was also… Continue reading Free Health Care in NZ
Chalets in Queenstown
I didn’t get much of an impression of Queenstown until I took a day off from snowboarding. The town is full of tourist shops (lots of jetboating, bungy, trekking and snow stores as well as restaurants etc) and even more full of tourists, so I set off along the hill above town and saw that… Continue reading Chalets in Queenstown
Seeking Bhutan Photos
Calling all amateur photographers. Do you have high quality photos of Bhutan? My publisher is an independent and, while the production quality of the book is great, he doesn’t have the funds to pay a professional photographer for the cover. I’ve got some great shots in my collection, but most of them were taken by… Continue reading Seeking Bhutan Photos
Less Macho
I overheard two suits talking on the morning train last week. You’d expect these dapper, corporate types to be talking about deals they’ve clinched, chicks they scored with over the weekend or at least the World Cup. No, they were swapping tips for getting dishes clean. What’s happened to the Aussie macho these days? I’m… Continue reading Less Macho
Australia’s First Female Prime Minister
If you blinked, you would have missed it. I don’t watch the news and I don’t pay a lot of attention to the news on the radio, but I usually keep up with events through office chatter and the word on the street. Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Rudd resigned due to a slump in… Continue reading Australia’s First Female Prime Minister