In
this section we have detailed some of the
guidebooks on the market from various countries
to suit your budget and needs. We encourage
you to purchase these books through our
site utilising Amazon. Why? Because any
revenue raised goes directly back into improving
this site.
We
also have a current “Favourite Reads”
section that has been compiled through recommendations
by travellers. To add to this list simply
email us at oceania@backpackglobe.com
GUIDEBOOKS
Guidebooks from major titles like Lonely
Planet, Rough Guides etc offer titles on
every state, city and region of Oceanian
countries.
AUSTRALIAN POETRY AND FAMOUS TITLES Banjo
Patterson – “Waltzing Mathilde”,
“The Man from Snowy River” Henry
Lawson – “The Bush Undertaker”,
“Old Men at the Bar” Dorothy
MacKellar – “I love a Sunburnt
Country”
USEFUL MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS Backpacker
Essentials – published bi-monthly.
Back editions available online TNT
Magazine – published bi-monthly
and distributed free at various outlets
including youth hostels. Info available
online
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY BASED BOOKS Once
Were Warriors - Alan Duff. A rather
bleak look at some aspects of Maori home
life like marital violence, rape and drugs. Whale
Rider - Witi Ihimaera. A 2003 release
about a small girl born to a family expecting
a male heir. The child is raised by grandparents
when her mother dies and the father leaves.
With a beautiful ocean backdrop she attempts
to take part in the search for the male
to lead their people frustrating her grandfather.
NEW ZEALAND VIDEOS
Black Adder - comedy starring Rowan Atkinson
Mr Bean - world famous stunts of Rowan Atkinson Whale
Rider - see above Once
Were Warriors - see above
BIOGRAPHIES OF
TRAVELLERS Distant
Voices - John Pilger (Peter Lane, Australia) The
Journals of Dan Eldon - Dan Eldon (Antony
Riley, England)
Dan Eldon was a photojournalist killed in
action in Africa while working for Reuters.
This book was compiled by his father after
his death, using the journals that Dan filled
during his life. These are a collage of
photos, quote, stories and diary entries.
Dan was only young when he started working
for Reuters and did more in his short life
time (he was killed at 22 and would have
been 32 today) than many of us would hope
to achieve ever. This man was a philosopher,
a poet and a traveller.
