‘I just finished Box of Clouds. I loved it! Evocative writing that took me right there with Jeff. Congratulations on your terrific first book.’ Margaret Wenham, Toowong, 26/12/24 'I galloped through your book and stayed up til 2am to finish…
Reading Box of Clouds: Cover Image: Luke packs for the beach Jacqui in Ashgrove, Luke in Sydney, Julie in Bali, Andrew in Bangkok Frank & David in Sydney, Mia in Canada, Steve in Camp Hill Heights, Mardi on the Gold…
Seriously, I felt if I don’t leave Australia soon I may never go again. India was made easier by my friend Mahin, finding room at his house in Fort Kochi in the southern province of Kerala. ‘Kochi is your home,…
The driving sun had passed over the yardarm as we descended Aswan High Dam. Ahead lay Luxor, 241 kilometres north, purportedly a three-and-a-bit hour drive if you don’t stop at the three temples Esna, Edfu, and Kom Ombo. Departing Luxor…
Deliberately, willfully. I committed an act of art bastardry. Gleefully, shamelessly. On public record denouncing those who desecrate, no cause excuses taking anger out on works of art. Yes, they were behind glass but, no, Extinction Rebellion, no. Yet I,…
Locomotives officially opened for public railway use on 27 September 1825. Expanses of previously impassable terrain opened new frontiers beckoning adventurers onboard. Ever since, rail travel has inspired artists, writers, songwriters, and filmmakers spinning dreams of romance, mystery, excitement, espionage,…
In Amsterdam, asking “where are the dykes?” is as fraught with danger as asking a black waitress in Mobile Alabama for a cup of white coffee. And I’ve done both. In my defence the racist gaffe was in 1976,…
Through the swirling snowflakes a wan female face peers. Captured inside the glass dome is the world’s most beautiful woman, Queen Nefertiti, wife of Pharoah Akhenaton who ruled Egypt between approximately 1370 and 1333 BC. Feeding the fantasy of Egyptology…