Description |
xviii, 270 pages, : illustrations, ; 21 cm |
Contents |
1. Those were the days: memories of golden childhood holidays -- Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside / Jeff Watson -- "Are we there yet, Dad?" / Paul Dyer -- You can take the boy out of Reservoir... / Barry Dickins -- A toast to the coast / Sarina Bratton -- Endless horizons / Kate Llewellyn -- 2. This is my place: Australians in love with a special spot Down Under -- Where the stars are lit by neon / Graeme Blundell -- Kakadu dreaming / Steve Parish -- A river running through / Bill Peach -- We belong in the Coorong / John and Ros Moriarty -- Mellow brick road / Richard Neville -- In a Sydney state of mind / Marele Day -- 3. Love at first sight: falling head over heels with an unfamiliar place -- Hooray for Bollywood / Susan Kurosawa -- Frontiers of heaven / Christine Gee -- Ice breaker / Tim Bowden -- The power of nature / Jane Holmes -- The moment I stepped off the plane / Mike Whitney -- 4. Ancestral ties: today's Australians and their mother countries -- The Italian connection / Vince Sorrenti -- In tune with Vienna / Harry Seidler -- A year in Florence / Mary Rossi -- La dolce vita / Daizy Gedeon -- A fish out of water / Tetsuya Wakuda -- 5. The love of food: travel as a culinary journey -- Cook's tours / Stephanie Alexander -- Toujours Severac / Marion Halligan -- To market, to market / Charmaine Solomon -- Heaven on a satay stick / Pria Viswalingam -- 6. The global village: world travellers and adventurers -- On top of the world / Sorrel Wilby -- Touching the face of the universe / Glenn A. Baker -- Mountain highs / Tim Macartney-Snape -- Dances with whales / Mimi Macpherson -- Making tracks / Tony Wheeler |
Subject |
Travel -- Guidebooks.
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Travelers' writings.
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Voyages around the world.
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Genre/Form |
Guidebooks.
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Author |
Kurosawa, Susan.
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ISBN |
0733605052 |
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0733609562 (paperback) |
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