Wuzhen China 2003.

I spent a decade travelling around China on many different visits from '93 - '03. Was a joy. Feeling drawn to return after 2 decades...

#china #wuzhen #travel

PuDong Shanghai 2003.

#china #travel #shanghai #2003

Around 15 years ago - before the arrival of Russian and Chinese money - Sihanoukville spent a few years as a backpacker magnet of wild beach parties, cheap grog and drugs. I remember spending some time chatting with the owner of this bar - Corruption.

#cambodia #sihanoukville

Jim Laurie and Mark Bowyer in Saigon

This year Vietnam will mark 50 years since the end of the war. Had a great lunch at the Old Compass in Saigon with former NBC journo, Jim Laurie - who stayed through the evacuation.

#vietnam #saigon #history

I started reading Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari a few weeks ago. He seemed to be speculating about an unravelling years off.. based on broken information networks. And then...

There's a copy of Nexus in the library at The Old Compass - as well as great Vietnam reading.

#vietnam #unravelling #nexus

Great read. Sacred Willow tells a family story and is another good read. Take a walk of history with Old Compass Travel in Saigon if you're heading there - www.oldcompasstravel.com

Perfect

Nice to see beautiful Bateau Bay on the NSW Central Coast again. I am struck whenever I see historical decisions to preserve a bush corridor from development in populated areas. Who made these enlightened decisions? They were also made around Sydney Harbour. Heroic!

#nature #beach #australia

Yeah - I reckon Sarah was wonderful too. Maybe there's momentum to push for a reverse of an idiotic decision?

Sydney Harbour cruise ship

You'd hope Sydney gets a very big cut from these giant cruise ships. They have a huge impact on the visual experience of walking around The Rocks.

#sydney #tourism #cruiseships

Sky News documentary ‘Real Cost of Net Zero’ fails to live up to its hubris, with viewers paying the price | Temperature Check Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common?

Refreshing to read some fact-filled, expert-written journalism from @guardian And a reminder that the most toxic media organisation to ever exist - Australian born and bred - cares not for either. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#auspol #media #newscorp #energy

A pretty good repost to get life started on this platform. May this place be the exception to the toxic betrayal of big tech and Silicon Valley. What are its prospects?
#tech #bigtech #betrayal #siliconvalley