Australia

Bushfires in Bendigo, part 1: why I’ve been humming The Clash’s “Should I (we) stay or should I (we) go now?” in my head all night

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My uncle’s house, Eaglehawk (Bendigo) Australia, 1.30am 8/2/09:My how quickly things can change. This morning I woke at 6.30am, made coffee, then answered emails that had come in overnight from UK editors before getting stuck into writing the book. During a coffee break around 11am, I blogged about my online pottering during coffee breaks. Terence … Read more about Bushfires in Bendigo, part 1: why I’ve been humming The Clash’s “Should I (we) stay or should I (we) go now?” in my head all night

The vanity portraits of today’s young ego-trippers. The focus? Forget about the journey or the destination. It’s them, themselves and their friends.

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For me, travel has always been about the destination and the journey: there and getting there. And then once there it’s about the culture and people as much as the place. But I’m wondering how important either are to today’s youngest travellers, those in their late teens to very early twenties. Driving along the Great … Read more about The vanity portraits of today’s young ego-trippers. The focus? Forget about the journey or the destination. It’s them, themselves and their friends.

The weather, part 2: how much do you let it affect your enjoyment of travel?

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Perhaps the issue of how weather impacts your travel experience, providing it’s not of disastrous proportions (epic heatwaves and heavy floods aside) is more a question of attitude than planning? (This is a continuation of this post by the way.) We were at a restaurant the other night at Apollo Bay on the southern coast … Read more about The weather, part 2: how much do you let it affect your enjoyment of travel?

The weather, part 1: how much does it impact your travel plans?

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Do you check weather reports before you travel? And if you do and it’s turned especially bad before you’re due to travel, do you change your trip plans? I’m talking really nasty weather. Consistently dreadful, such as the snowfalls in the UK, the heaviest in 18 years, which have severely disrupted flights. Or the heatwave south-eastern … Read more about The weather, part 1: how much does it impact your travel plans?