Secondhand travel books including Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands.
Australia, New Zealand, PNG & Pacific Islands
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A JOURNEY THROUGH NEW ZEALAND FILM Ian Brodie
A Journey Through New Zealand Film is a movie-themed travel book book to the film locations of New Zealand including Lord of the Rings, King Kong, The Piano etc.
Price: AUD $12.00
A LAND OF TWO HALVES After fifteen years in New Zealand Joe Bennett asked himself where on earth he was.
A Land of Two Halves is cult author Joe Bennett's account of hitchhiking around New Zealand, after living there for fifteen years.
Price: AUD $9.00
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS How to Go Travelling Without Leaving Town by James O'Loghlin
A great book about Sydney and being a tourist in your own town. Good condition wiith some reading wear and aging pages. See photos for blurb and condition.
Price: AUD $5.00
A STRAIGHT YOUNG BACK by Trevor Shearston
A scarce and popula novel based in Papua New Guinea.
Price: AUD $10.00
A THOUSAND COLOURED DREAMS Josephine Abaijah - The Story of a Young Girl Growing Up in Papua (Papua New Guinea - PNG)
A THOUSAND COLOURED DREAMS is Josephine Abaijah's dramatised memoir. Josphine was the first woman Papua New Guinea House of Assembly and founder/leader of Papua Besena which seeked Papuan independance from New Guinea.
Price: AUD $15.00
ABORIGINAL DARWIN A guide to exploring important sites of the past & present by Toni Bauman
A scarce guide to indigenous Darwin. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
ACROSS THE MAGIC LINE Patricia Page - Growing Up In Fiji (Pacific Islands)
A very hard to find Fiji memoir.
Price: AUD $15.00
ALPINE WALKING TRACK John Siseman - Walhalla to Canberra - 1988 Edition
This 1988 edition hiking guide book is well out of doubt but may still be useful for trip planning and inspiration. And it's cheap!
Price: AUD $9.00
AUSTRALIAN MANDARIN Robert Travers - The Life and Times of Quong Tart (Australia/China)
AUSTRALIAN MANDARIN: a very popular and sought-after biography of Quong Tart, a fascinating Chinese character from colonial Sydney.
Price: AUD $10.00
BICYCLE TOURING IN AUSTRALIA Leigh Hemmings - An Environmentally Friendly Way to See The Country
A very scarce Australian cycling travel book including specific routes and itinaries. This book is from 1991 so it's a bit out of date but certainly still handy for trip planning.
Price: AUD $15.00
BLIND LEADING THE BLIND Stuart Andrews - A Journey of Vision Across the Torress Strait and Kokoda Track (Australia / Papua New Guinea)
BLIND LEADING THE BLIND: a scarce and sought-after book. Stuart Andrews organised an attempt by blind folks to kayak the Toress Strait to PNG to walk the Kokoda Trail.
Price: AUD $15.00
BOARD FREE The story of an incredible skateboard journey across Australia by Dave Cornthwaite (signed).
This book is very hard to find and looks like a cracker of a read: the author skateboards Australia. Signed by author on first page. Skateboarding travel books are hard to find!
Price: AUD $15.00
BROOMETIME Anne Coombs & Susan Varga (Australia)
Broometime is a behind the scenes look at Broome, Western Australia. This book is quite hard to find.
Price: AUD $15.00
BUSH SAFARI Knocking Around the Outback by Rex Ellis ~ Australia
A hard to find memoir: the author ran desert safaris in the Australian outback in the 1970's, looks like a cracker of a read and has some great photos.
Price: AUD $10.00
BYPASS Michael McGirr - The Story of a Road (Australia)
BYPASS THE STORY OF A ROAD: a popular and scarce Australian cycling travel book. Australian author Michael McGirr cycles the Hume Highway from Sydney to Melbourne.
Price: AUD $12.00
CASSOWARY CROSSING A Guide to Offbeat Australia by David Astle
CASSOWARY CROSSING - A great guide to the more unusual sites in Australia.
Price: AUD $9.00
CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL Helene Chung - From Fruitshop to Foreign Correspondence (Australia / China)
CHING CHONG CHINA GIRL: Australian-born Chinese Helene Chung's autobiography, tracing her childhood in 1950's Tasmania to becoming the first non-white reporter on Australian TV and a foreign correspondent. This book is quite hard to find.
Price: AUD $15.00
COME ON SHORE AND WE WILL KILL YOU AND EAT YOU ALL Christina Thompson - An Unlikely Love Story (New Zealand)
COME ON SHORE AND WE WILL KILL YOU AND EAT YOU ALL: the story of cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris told partly by history and partly by the story of Christina's marriage to a Maori man.
Price: AUD $8.00
CYCLING AROUND SYDNEY Bruce Ashley - The Full-Colour Guide to 30 Fantastic Bike Rides - 2010 5th Edition (Australia)
CYCLING AROUND SYDNEY: the ride guide that gives the reader the inspiration and confidence to get out and see what Sydney and its hinterland have to offer.
Price: AUD $8.00
DEAD AID Dambisa Moyo - Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa
DEAD AID:In the modern globalized economy, simply handing out more money, however well intentioned, will not help the poorest nations achieve sustainable long-term growth. This title analyses the history of economic development over years and shows how aid crowds out financial and social capital and feeds corruption.
Price: AUD $8.00





















