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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14 – The Beauty Pageant – Bantayan Island – Jan 18 2013

IMG_3357 PToday is our last day on Bantayan Island after spending seven days here. The first three we enjoyed the beautiful white sand beach but on the last three the wind got up and we spent most of our time in the restaurant accessing Continue reading


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13 – The Dating Game – Bantayan Island – January 15 2013

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The New Year has found me in the southern Philippines where I have been telling everyone the women are fast, or should I just say friendly and the internet is slow.

I am renting a house in Thailand  Continue reading