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Sydney, Cammeray: Simon & Schuster, 2019. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour & black & white photos (single sepia or brown-tinted), minimal edgewear. 337 pp. The third book by Australian gardening and travel author Mary Moody. She relates her many further adventures. Mary loses her beloved husband, and she has to rebuild her life without him. Her travels include France, Morocco, and the Himalayas. This book completes the circle by sharing another major turning point in her life.

Sydney, Birchgrove: Birchgrove Books, 1995. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, map, minor edgewear. 212 pp. Hazel Barker and 74-year-old retired solicitor David Thurlow shipped their Land Cruiser across the Indian Ocean to Durban, South Africa, and spend nine months driving through Africa. This book describes their experiences and the people they meet as they zigzag through 16 countries covering 47,000 kilometres.

Huskisson, NSW: Hyams Publishing, 2008. 1st ed.. Paperback wide trade, thick card covers (with flaps) very good plus condition, colour text-photos, maps, faint sticker mark rear cover. 192 pp. Travel guide to the beaches of south coast of New South Wales (Merimbula and the Sapphire Coast). A concise, visual travel guide to the beautiful beaches found on the far South Coast. There are over 65 beaches from Bermagui to the Nadgee Nature Reserve. There is detailed beach information, over 200 colour photos, toilets, barbecues and amenities, boat ramp locations, caravan and camping spots, local history, popular surfing spots, child-safe areas, walking trails & more. There are Bega Valley Shire maps and a street directory. By Peter and Manuela Henry (2008). First edition stated.

Sydney: New Holland, 2004. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, minor edgewear. 240 pp. Stuart Andrews was badly injured in a World Cup bobsled accident in 1991, losing the full use of one arm. He teamed up with two blind friends, athletes Russell Short and Chad Towns. They stretched the limits by kayaking across the Torres Strait, then walking the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea (PNG)! (1 of 2 available copies.).

Washington, DC: Adventure Press / National Geographic, 2001. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), map, colour photos, minor edgewear jacket (front flap creased). 324 pp. This vivid book goes on a thrilling adventure down the Blue Nile. Introduces a graceful, colourful people, their exotic land, and a proud tradition that has endured since the days of Solomon and Sheba. From its source in the wild Ethiopian highlands, this major river passes through some of the most untamed country on Earth as it rushes toward its desert rendezvous with the White Nile in Sudan.

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1998. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos, minor edgewear jacket (top spine & top edge creased). 312 pp. (This copy: Standard hardback with dustjacket.) Rosie Thomas, and her co-driver Phil Bowen, take a 1968 Volvo Amazon motor car from London across the roof of the world. In September 1997, an assembly of 98 vintage and classic cars gathered in Beijing, with the finish line in Paris lying 45 days and 16, 000 kilometres ahead. First edition.

Sydney: Omne Publishing / Dearin & Associates, 2015. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, thick card covers (with flaps), few black & white text-photos, black & white drawings, maps, tiny scuff base spine, minimal edgewear. 208 pp. Cynthia Dearin explains the business cultures of the Middle East and North Africa and looks at the process of how to do business there, step by step. Written by a former Australian diplomat and management consultant, the book is full of unique insights from a businesswoman who has successfully navigated these cultures for more than a decade.

Adelaide, Kent Town: Wakefield Press, 2008. Australian ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, edges & pages lightly toned as usual, few light creases covers, minor edgewear. 246 pp. The writer of "Tropic of Capricorn" took a boat trip to Greece just before the outbreak of the Second World War (WW2), to meet his friend Lawrence Durrell. Describes his explorations of the ancient places of Athens, the islands, Crete and the Peloponnese. Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, this book stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. (Originally published, 1942. Modern Australian edition.).

Perth, Crawley: UWA Publishing, 2013. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, minor edgewear. 362 pp. After a period of loss and much change, Saskia Beudel began walking. Within 18 months she had walked the Snowy Mountains, the southwest coast of Tasmania, the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs, the Arnhem Land plateau in Kakadu, the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, and in Ladakh in the Himalayas, and Central Australia. She also discovers the stories from Australia's desert heart, examines the entanglement of Aboriginal and European cultures, remembers POW camps in Indonesia during World War 2, and relives childhood epiphanies in a haunting collection of landscapes while tracing family secrets across the globe. The author captures the enigmas of displacement, belonging and the intricacies, often at odds with one another, of Aboriginal and settler understandings of the desert environment. (1 of 2 available copies.).

Singapore: Times Books International, 1995. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 222 pp. This book explains language, food and entertaining, social customs, festivals, relationships, helpful business tips, and explanations of daily sights and scenes, for travellers to Italy.

Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2000. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, good condition, black & white text-photos & cartoons, edges lightly foxed, base of spine slightly bumped, some edgewear covers & page edges. 293 pp. Richard Lord prepares visitors for travel to Germany. He looks at language, food and entertaining, social customsise festivals, relationships, helpful business tips, and explanations of daily sights and scenes. (One of the popular 'Culture Shock' series.).

Sydney: Lisa Fleetwood, 2016. ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, single black & white photo, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. 263 pp. An amusing and heartfelt true story by Lisa Fleetwood that will resonate with travel and dog lovers alike. She explores the bond of family, the abiding love we have for our pets and the grieving for loved ones, both human and hound. The author and her family embark on the trip of a lifetime just days after the loss of their beloved dachshund, Coco. They had a dachshund spotting competition for finding dachshunds across 15 countries. This very special book offers a unique twist on the travel memoir with remembrance for those loved and lost, at the heart of the family's journey through Turkey, Russia, the Baltics, Europe and the United States.

Sydney: Harcourt Press Pty Ltd, 1962. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), black & white photos, endpaper maps, jacket chipped (small marks, slight loss edges, light foxing & small marks reverse side, minor edgewear), light foxing edges, edges & pages lightly toned. 214 pp. First edition. This book is the sequel to 'Press On Regardless'. F. J. Thwaites, and his wife and son, have many adventures after leaving Newcastle-on-Tyne. They travel to Scotland, Norway, then down through various European countries, with Spain their final destination.

Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2003. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minimal EX-LIBRARY (rubber stamp), colour photos centre spread, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. 260 pp. James Woodford provides an enthralling account of his journey of discovery over sand, gibber plains and salt lakes along the Dog Fence. At 5400 kilometres, the Dog Fence is one of the longest man-made structures on Earth. It slices across Australia's desert heart, dividing the continent to keep dingoes (Australian native dogs) away from livestock. (Previously from John Fairfax Library.).

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2008. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, pages little toned as usual, corners covers little creased. 271 pp. Tim and Ros Bowden take their 4-wheel drive vehicle, named Penelope, and camping trailer, from Australia's east coast to the Top End and into the heart of the outback.

Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1992. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, minor edgewear. 120 pp. Joan Lawrence provides heritage walks for viewing the history of three wonderful old suburbs of Sydney's inner west: Balmain, Glebe and Annandale. Each walk has an easy to follow map.

Melbourne, South Yarra: Matheson Publishing, 2010. 2nd or revised ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, colour text-photos, corner tip rear cover lightly scuffed, faint stain bottom fore-edge rear cover & last few pages, minor edgewear. 176 pp. An updated edition of this book in which "lovers of France" from all around Australia have contributed their own personal "French finds".

Melbourne, Footscray: Lonely Planet, 2013. 1st ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket (with flaps), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), faint foxing edges, minor edgewear jacket. 334 pp. The stories in this book, edited by James Oseland, are food and travel-related. They cover many different cooking experiences, and a wide range of people who travelled to different parts of the world to gain their experiences. Experience a 34-course banquet of original stories from food-obsessed writers and chefs sharing their life-changing food experiences. A Lonely Planet publication. First edition stated.

Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Paperback thick octavo, good condition, colour photos centre spread, few black & white text-photos, map, top corner tip front cover little creased, minor foxing top edge & front flyleaf & few pages, minor edgewear. 392 pp. Iain Finlay and Trish Clark record their experiences in Hanoi as volunteers for an Australian aid agency (Australian Volunteers International) for one year. Their assignment was English language services to the communist government-run radio network. They found that they learned from the young reporters more about Vietnamese culture than they could teach them. (This copy: Paperback octavo, Simon & Schuster, 2006.).

Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP), 1995. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, base spine lightly rubbed, small scuff mark front cover, tiny dent bottom edge. 328 pp. The term Antipodes was originally used to refer to "places on the surface of the earth directly opposite each other", and later came to mean Australasia. Thousands of travellers from the northern hemisphere - from Francois Pelsaert, commander of the ill-fated Batavia, to Eric Newby and Jan Morris - have left records of their impressions of the Antipodes; some voyagers - Jonathan Swift, Samuel Butler and Jules Verne, for instance, travelled only in their minds, writing about imaginary voyages. Jan Bassett has collected a delightful selection of 90 extracts from the writings of notable visitors to and imaginers of the Antipodes. These date from about 1605 to the 1990s. Included are dreamers, sailors, adventurers, political commentators and sporting figures.