Posts made during February, 2010
Hookers, strippers and lemon chicken.
Monday, February 15th, 2010
I’ve just come back from a buck’s party weekend. It was for my friend Nick and we had hookers and strippers and then we stripped Nick naked and chained him to a lamp post. Actually (and thankfully) it was all rather tame. We drove up to Mulwala (which is over the border in New South Wales) where there was golfing and boating followed by a Chinese dinner at the Mulwala Ski Club, drinks in the ‘nightclub’ and a quiet game of Texas holdem poker back at our rather flash townhouse by the lake. No one fell over, no one threw up and Nick didn’t get stripped naked and wrapped in toilet paper then thrown into the gutter… (read more)
Say cheese.
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
I think I’m a pretty good photographer… then I see work from real travel photographers and I realise that I’m at best just better than average. I actually studied photography for five years (as part of my graphics degree), but I just don’t know all those little ‘tricks’ that can turn an average photo into an amazing photo. But there is help. Friend, and fellow Australian Society of Travel Writer member, Ewen Bell (that’s one of his photos above, not mine!) has recently started a website called Photography for Travellers and… (read more)
100 million books and a free trip around the world.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
I had a meeting today at the Lonely Planet office in salubrious Footscray to discuss promotional ideas for the upcoming publication of Lonely Planet’s 100 millionth guidebook. That’s a hell of a lot of guidebooks and that’s a hell of a lot of people getting lost trying to read the Lonely Planet guidebook maps! One of the major promotions for the 100 millionth guidebook is a photography competition where travelers are invited to share photographs of their favorite travel experiences online and be in the running to win a round-the-world trip for two… (read more)