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

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Travels with My Hat: from Chapter 3 Member of the Royal Press Corps

by Travels with My Hat Posted on August 15, 2011

…The Concorde bringing the Queen to Saudi Arabia touched down in Riyadh……Suddenly there was pandemonium. Everyone, including the State Guards, was running this way and that and after years of working alone, I forgot our strict orders not to leave … Continue reading →

Posted in TWMH Excerpts | Tagged Arabia, article, Christine's sites, films, Ita Buttrose, Nasirya, palace, photographer, press, Queen, Riyadh, royal, sheikhs, taxi-driver, visit, work | 10 Comments

400 YEARS OF RELIGIOUS & ROYAL MEMORABILIA

by Travels with My Hat Posted on July 8, 2010

What I relish about living in London is the sheer number and variety of fascinating exhibitions on at any one time. Today I visited the ‘Treasures of Lambeth Library’, marking the 400th anniversary (1610-2010) of its founding in Lambeth Palace, historic … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged art, books, Charles, Elizabeth, exhibition, gloves, gospels, hall, Lambeth, letters, manuscripts, map, palace, Queen, reports, stock library, talmud, Tudor | 2 Comments

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: palace

Travels with My Hat: from Chapter 3 Member of the Royal Press Corps

400 YEARS OF RELIGIOUS & ROYAL MEMORABILIA

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