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Memories of Egypt: a photo-essay

The British travel agent Thomas Cook escorted the first ever tour to Egypt back in 1869. From that cautious beginning, international tourism was born. Places such as Giza and Luxor soon became household names. In 1922, the renowned archaeologist Howard … Continue reading

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FROM MUM IN THE GARDEN TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

People often ask how I started out taking pictures. Well, it was with a Kodak Box Brownie at the age of eight when I took a photo of my mother and the family spaniel – captioned ‘Mum and Betsy in … Continue reading

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BORN AGAIN VEGEMITE

  Ruddymite, Wow Chow and 2ritemite were some of the 48,000 suggestions for a new version of Australian VEGEMITE before Kraft Foods settled on the less than mouth-watering name iSnack.2.0. Like most (all) Australians, I went onto Vegemite as soon … Continue reading

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