Lessons from the far side

July 2011

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July 2011

The cities are great, but the Australian bush can be deadly. Photo: Mark Banham
Kiwis might love the outdoors, but when it comes to fanaticism we aren’t a patch on the Australians I’d like to dispel the rumours that I have defected to the west; that I’ve gone over the ditch to the land of broad dusty horizons and easy mining money. I have not… well, at least not […]
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