Growing up, I never knew too much about soccer (or football, as I've finally started to call it). But how things change, because now I have this postcard pinned up in front of my desk! It's from the Australian FIFA World Cup bid website: Australia is bidding to host either the 2018 or 2022 World …
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Defending Melbourne’s “ugly” Federation Square
I know that a lot of modern travel writing has been reduced to Top 10 lists (they buzz around the internet fast, apparently) and I probably should ignore them. But I just read a top ten of the world's ugliest buildings and feel obliged to step in to defend one of them.According to this list (put …
T-shirt travel: Into Australia’s red centre
I'm no compulsive collector of anything when I travel, but as I go about my daily life back home I have noticed recently that I have more than a couple of T-shirts I've bought on various trips. Often they've been bought less as souvenirs and more out of desperation for clean clothes on a …