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Black and White Photography

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Images: Garry Benson and David Bailey Text: Garry Benson In our glorious world of 80 centimetre 3D LCD TV’s etc, the concept of Black and White photographs may seem perverse – but there… Continue reading

365 Places: Sunrise over the Pacific

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Day 33: Coff’s Coast, New South Wales, Australia Now dear reader, you might think this is double-dipping but I could not resist the stunning sunrise this morning at Korora Beach. As a habit,… Continue reading

365 Places: Korčula

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Originally posted on Geokult Travel:
Day 8: Korčula, Croatia We visited the island of Korčula in September 2013, when we did a 7 day boat trip that took us from Split to Dubrovnik and back…

365 Places: Algeria

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Originally posted on Geokult Travel:
Day 7: Algeria, North Africa Today my post is about a place that I will probably never visit again, Algeria. From the small part I saw, it is…

Review: Beachwood Café

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Text: Garry Benson Photos: © Garry Benson 2014 Editor: Tracey Benson Some days are diamonds, some days are stone. From Ankara to The Hague to Angourie Today was definitely a diamond day. The… Continue reading

Cultural Strangers: Crossing Cultures

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Originally posted on Life in Russia:
An Introduction to: Cultural Strangers – Crossing Cultures It’s very fascinating that I’m getting to introduce some very special Guest bloggers at this time, I must admit…

Samoan Skills: Making Coconut Milk

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Text: Garry Benson Images: © Garry Benson 2014 My friends and I enjoyed a great day at the locally named Bali’ha’i Island on the west coast of Samoa’s home island Savaiʻi, the largest… Continue reading

365 Places: Rainbow Bay

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Originally posted on Geokult Travel:
Day 32: Rainbow Bay, Queensland, Australia Today, we return to my home state of Queensland to talk about a place that has some family history. This story is…

365 Places: Rainbow Bay

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Day 32: Rainbow Bay, Queensland, Australia Today, we return to my home state of Queensland to talk about a place that has some family history. This story is a about Rainbow Bay and… Continue reading

Watching the Night Watch in Amsterdam

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Text: © Garry Benson 2013 Images: © Garry Benson 2013 Editor: Tracey Benson I’ve always admired Rembrandt’s wonderful mastery of colour and the shine on metal, and  The Night Watch is perhaps his most famous painting.… Continue reading