Australia, New Zealand, PNG & Pacific Islands

Australia, New Zealand, PNG & Pacific Islands
Secondhand travel books including Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands.

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SAFE OUTBACK TRAVEL by Jack Absalom (Australia)
SAFE OUTBACK TRAVEL: A bestselling classic book on how not to die in the Australian outback.

Price: AUD $8.00

SAVAGE COWS & CABBAGE LEAVES Marie Alfafaci - An Italian Life (Australia)
In SAVAGE COWS & CABBAGE LEAVES author Marie Alfaci documents her aunt's life growing up Italian in Australia.

Price: AUD $10.00

SEAN & DAVID'S LONG DRIVE Sean Condon (Australia by 1966 Ford Falcon)
SEAN & DAVID'S LONG DRIVE: popular Australian author Sean Condon tours Australia with his mate David in a 1966 Ford Falcon.

Price: AUD $7.00

SEAWORTHY by T.R. Pearson - Adrift with William Willis in the Golden Age of Rafting
Seaworthy is amazing looking book. Author TR Pearson tells of the strange adventures of William Willis who twice crossed the Pacific in home made rafts.

Price: AUD $10.00

SECRET TASMANIA Philip & Mary Blacke - A Guidebook for a Quirky Tour of the Apple Isle
Secret Tasmania is a hard to find and wonderful looking offbeat travel guide featuring 77 stories about the people, places, events, shops, ships and 'stuff' that make Tasmania Australia's most different state.

Price: AUD $9.00

SHEER BOTTLED BLISS My Margaret River Sea Change by Ian Parmenter
A scarce Margaret River memoir by the popular TV chef.

Price: AUD $8.00

SKULDUGGERY Mark Shand (Irian Jaya / Indonesia)
SKULDUGGERY: popular travel writer Mark Shand travels the Asmat area of Indonesian Irian Jaya into the heart of cannibal country.

Price: AUD $8.00

SPANNERS IN PARADISE Gerry Toomey - An Engineer's View of Life in the Melanesian Mission (Lolowai, Vanauatu)
A rare self published book, a note inside says there were only six copies at the time of printing, the author was printing them on demand. The book is about life in a Christian mission but religion is not the focus of the book.

Price: AUD $25.00

STORIES FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC by Victor Carell. Signed by Author.
A scarce book of fictional stories. Book is in good condition: clean white pages, light reading wear, signed by author on title page. See photos for condition, sample pages and cover blurb - enjoy!

Price: AUD $12.00

SURVIVING AUSTRALIA Sorrel Wilby - A Survivor's Guide to Travelling Through the Australian Wilderness (Australia)
SURVIVING AUSTRALIA: Adventurer, photographer and television reporter Sorrel Wilby combines humour and sound practical advice in her guide to travelling, trekking, and camping in the Australian wilderness. Learn survival basics, learn how to survive the locals, and learn about the adventures Australia has to offer.

Price: AUD $10.00

SWIMMING WITH CROCODILES Will Chaffey - An Australian Adventure (Australia)
In SWIMMING WITH CROCODILES, author Will Chaffey travels the north-west coast of Western Australia with a herpetologist.

Price: AUD $8.00

TALES FROM THE BUSH Quentin Chester - Footloose Reflections on the Walking Life (Bushwalking / Australia)
TALES FROM THE BUSH by Quentin Chester is a popular collection of stories from bushwalking in Australia.

Price: AUD $8.00

THE BITTER SHORE Jacquie Everitt - An Iranian family's escape to Australia and the hell the found at the border of paradise (Iran / Australia))
THE BITTER SHORE Jacquie Everitt is a vocal campaigner against mandatory detention of refugees and was instrumental in helping the Badraies gain refugee status.

Price: AUD $9.00

THE CROCODILE Vincent Eri - A Novel of Papua New Guinea (PNG)
THE CROCODILE: is the first published novel written by a Papuan. Hoiri Sevese is a Papuan villager caught between traditional ways and those learnt from his mission school education.

Price: AUD $8.00

THE DANCE OF DESTINY Raja Arasa Ratnam (Singapore / Malaysia / Australia)
THE DANCE OF DESTINY: Raja Arasa Ratnam's autobiography. Ratnam was born in British Malaya of Ceylon Tamil parents, surviving Japanese occupation in World War II, and spent 60 of his 80 years in Australia.

Price: AUD $18.00

THE DEVIL IN TIM Tim Bowden - Travels in Tasmania (Australia)
In THE DEVIL IN TIM, popular author and presenter Tim Bowden revisits Tasmania, his state of origin, for the first time in many years.

Price: AUD $10.00

THE HOUSE WITH THE GOLDEN EYES by Alan Gallop (New Zealand)
A scarce book from a small publisher: "unlocking the secrets of a Maori Meeing House Hinebihi". This is a used book in average condition: it has been read many times, cover shows a lot of wear, corners are creased, pages are tanning with age but clean. Looks a bit rough but perfectly readable, rare and cheap (free post!). See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

THE LONG WHITE CLOUD William Pember Reeves - History of New Zealand
A classic book of early New Zealand history.

Price: AUD $9.00

THE LORD OF THE RINGS LOCATION GUIDEBOOK by Ian Brodie
A scarce book for anybody who wants to track down locations from the films in New Zealand.

Price: AUD $12.00

THE LOST TRIBE by Edward Marriott
This looks like a brilliant read: the author goes in search of the Liawep tribe in Papua New Guinea.

Price: AUD $5.00