Travels with My Hat

A Lifetime on the Road

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Travels with My Hat is a memoir of my adventures as a travel writer in Africa, South Asia and the Arab world. Beautifully designed, it is lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps and includes poignant correspondence with my mother who had never left Australia.
GREAT MOMENTS IN TRAVEL

When I would think, well this is what I've come for and the physical and psychological demands of the effort to get here, are now worth it...
MY MOROCCO

When I first set foot in Morocco as a young backpacker in the 1960s, I was captivated by the ever changing desert and mountain scenery, its colourful peoples and fascinating souqs. My book Collins Independent Travellers Guide to Morocco was published in 1990.
WORLD WATER DAY

Some 1.3 billion people in the world lack access to clean water. Women and children spend an estimated 200 million hours a day hauling water, often over great distances from the source. Here Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa, one of the driest places on earth.
Photo Library Collections

Thousands of images covering travel, culture and religions can be found in Christine Osborne Pictures and the World Religions Photo Library

Tag Archives: campaigner

HAIL MR GOODFISH: World Ocean Network Campaign to save fish stocks

by Travels with My Hat Posted on March 19, 2010

The protection of seafood species from over consumption must be a prime goal if ocean stocks are to last for future generations. The Mr Goodfish campaign, launched on 18th March 2009 at Nausicaa Marine Centre in Boulogne, a coastal port … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged aquarium, Boulogne, campaigner, crab, fish, French decision, marine, MrGoodFish, Nausicaa, oceans, photos, sealife, stocks, sustainability, tanks, world ocean network | 3 Comments

CHINA BULLIES AUSSIE FILM FESTIVAL

by Travels with My Hat Posted on August 4, 2009

If you don’t like the content of a film festival, you attack its website. At least that`s what the Chinese have done to the Melbourne Film Festival, over its decision to screen a 55 minute documentary on Rebiya Kadeer, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment | Tagged Beijing, campaigner, China, culture, Melbourne Film Festival, Muslim, photography, protest, rebiya kadeer, riots, uighur, Xinjiang | 1 Comment

Travels with My Hat

A Lifetime on the Road

Buy the book

GREAT MOMENTS IN TRAVEL

MY MOROCCO

WORLD WATER DAY

Photo Library Collections

Tag Archives: campaigner

HAIL MR GOODFISH: World Ocean Network Campaign to save fish stocks

CHINA BULLIES AUSSIE FILM FESTIVAL

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