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Hypocritcal Bollocks

Humans are unique creatures on this planet to be capable of such remarkable complexity in thought. Hypocrisy is regrettably one of the tragic consequences of that complexity, and something that can really get to a person. It shakes your sense of fairness, undermines your trust in someone and ultimately removes the foundation for a positive relationship between colleagues and friends.Yesterday...

Wyadup Rocks

These rocks do rock. The talented Fletcher boys have been shooting a lovely video of Christian Fletcher shooting some lovely still images. Beautiful place, artistic photography and some great video production. Check out this video and other fabulous examples of the EOS 5D MkII...EOScars.com...

Dirty Wash

What's worse than waiting four weeks to get a washing machine fixed? Spending hours on hold with the same 30 seconds of music cycling over and over and over.Let's start with the nitty gritty. For christmas we bought an LG washer-dryer unit, a fancy one that saves on space, saves on water and was being sold at a great price because the economic downturn had hit hard on luxury items such as Lexus...

Good (Travel) News

I am surprised to find this morning that I might be in greater agreement with Hartigan than I first thought. I've never thought newspapers would be killed by the internet, not just yet anyway. I'm of the view it's bad editors that kill newspapers.This week's comments at Canberra's National Press Club was a rally call to champion the worthy content of newspapers, to stake a claim to the relevance...

Gutless

Members of the ASTW have been outraged by a few events in the media recently that challenge the validity of travel journalism in Australia. This comes at a time when genuine journalistic standards are under extreme financial pressure, after a decade of decay and an appalling lack of editorial integrity sweeping the media landscape. The art of travel is being squeezed into a lowest common...

Less is More

The ancient Romans knew well the value of restraint upon the expression of man. The literary canons under which Roman authors published were rigidly imposed, demanding exact use of rhythm and meter when delivering their message. If you can imagine trying to write an service manual for a German car using only Haiku and half the alphabet, then you're half way there. Not only was there a requirement...

Video Killed the Travel Writer

Ooooh uh oh oh!A good discussion has popped up between some members of the ASTW regarding the recent announcement by News Ltd that they'll be looking for their contributors to provide more than just words and pictures from now one, they want moving pictures to embellish their growing online presence. This has raised a few hackles and stirred up some old wounds. I joined in with my two cents worth...

Dick is Done

Today is Dick Day, a day when almost everyone in America has something to say about Dirty Dick Cheney and his cavalcade of Neo-Con carnage. The flaming wreck of the movement conservatives is engulfing the entire political landscape of the American media, and Dicky is fiddling while the Republican party burns.I love it, I really do.The comic relief began today with reports of former president...