Notes from a Nomad

Remarkable People, Memorable Events and Fascinating Destinations from Around the World.


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106 – 2025: My Favourite Images

I have been a passionate photographer all my life dating from when my parents gave me a second hand Zeiss Ikon Rangefinder camera in the early 1960s and both my enthusiasm and modest ability as a photographer is genuine and longstanding.

In 1972 after working as an assistant prospecting hand in the remote Kununurra area of Northwestern Australia I sold images I had taken to the Australian Journal of Photography to help finance future travels and from 1979 to 2011 it was my images which featured heavily in all the colour brochures and marketing material used by our International Educational Travel company Casterbridge Tours.

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95 – 2024: My Favourite Images

All my life I have had both a strong interest in photography and an interest to chronical my life, family and travels initially with photo albums and for the last 25 years with digital folders.

In 2024 I saved 11,489 images in 304 Folders (numbered 4128 to 4431), each folder titled with a date and description.

As the year progressed  I composed 27 thematic folders drawn from the 11,489 images above of family, friends and my travels.

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91 – Road Trips: The USA, September 26 – November 4 2024

For many reasons I am not a fan of the USA which I am happy to expand upon at another time, but I do believe it is the finest destination in the World for a Road Trip.

So just what is a road trip?

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12 – Leonard Cohen in Quebec – Lessons from a Master – Dec 9 2012

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If the question is what could possibly induce me to visit Quebec in late November with the daytime temperature reaching  minus 16 then the answer is to watch one of the most talented artists in the world perform in his home town of Montreal.
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