Travel Notes
Welcome
New Zealand
The Time Machine: Arriving
Maori History (9 pages)
II. The Early Settlement of the Otago Peninsula: the first European wave and Ngai Tahu resistance
III. The Treaty of Waitangi
IV. The Arahura Deed
V. The Ngai Tahu Settlement
VI. Other Settlements
VII. The rise of Maori Social Investment
VIII.Otago Museum: Maori exhibits
IX. Five Maori Painters
The Well of Loneliness
The Auckland Days
Miranda Birds
Whatipu and West Coast Beaches
Coromandel Day Trip
North East of Auckland
Auckland
Auckland Harbour
War
Hauraki Gulf
Tiritiri Ritangi
Golden Bay (13 pages)
Golden Bay II: Collingwood
Golden Bay III: Mangakarau Swamp
Golden Bay IV: Mangakarau Bush Industries
Golden Bay V: To the West Coast
Golden Bay VI: The Karst Country of the Cowin Road
Golden Bay VII: Te Waikoropupu Springs
Golden Bay VIII: Wharariki Beach
Golden Bay IX: Taupo Point and Abel Tasman
Golden Bay X: The Falls Walk Pohara
Golden Bay XI: The Hydro Walk Golden Bay
Golden Bay XII: Pohara
Golden Bay XIII: Farms, Industries, Houses.
Arthur's Pass (4 pages)
II. To Authur's Pass: Coal, timber, trails and tragedy
III. Authur's Pass: the pass, park and passing trains
IV. And it did rain: Arthur's Pass to Dunedin
The Otago Peninsula and Dunedin (7 pages)
II. A pared-down land: the Otago Peninsula
III. Okia Flat and Victory Beach
IV. Sandfly Bay
V. Bull Kelp
VI.Dunedin: buildings and boats
VII. Bachs and boathouse: Otago Peninsula
The Clutha/Mata-Au River (1 page)
Stewart Island, Bluff, Foveaux (10 pages)
II. Dunedin to Bluff
III. Bluff
IV. Foveaux Strait
V. Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara, Stewart Island
VI. Ackers Point, Stewart Island
VII. Sooty Shearwaters and Blue Penguins
VIII. Rakiura Track, Stewart Island
IX. More Stewart Island photos
X. To air drop 1080 poison or not
The Milford Road and Sound (8 pages)
II. Bluff to Te Anau
III. The Milford Road: Economics
IV. Milford Road: History
V. Milford Road: Glory
VI. Milford Sound: Geology and Glaciation
VII. Milford Sound: History
VIII. Milford Rainforest
Milford to Fox (1 page)
Southern Alps and Glaciers (9 pages)
II. The Geomorphology of the Fox Glacier Region
III. Fox Glacier
IV. Glacial Plant Colonisers
V. Fox Rain Forest
VI. Kahikatea Swamp Forest
VII. Gillespie's Beach
VIII. Glacier People
IX. To Hokitika
Ferguson Farms: a name's a name for that ( 1 page)
Gold Rushes: Gold Maketh the Colony (5 pages)
II. The Otago Gold Rush
III. The West Coast Gold Rush
IV. Gold Town: Hokitika
V. Gold port: Greymouth
The Punakaiki Coast (1 page)
New Zealand's Unique Biota: the Example of the Moa (1 pages)
Temperate Rain Forests
Trees and Flora ( 7 pages)_
II. New Zealand Podocarps
III. New Zealand Beeches
IV. Rata and Kamahi
V.New Zealand Tree Ferns
VI. New Zealand Hardwoods
VII. New Zealand Hardwood Shrubs
VIII.Pohutukawa
Birds and Mammals (11 pages)
II. Royal Albatross
III. Fur Seals
IV. Sea Lions
V. Buller's Mollymawk
VI. Penguins
VII. Shags
VIII. Kaka
IX. Weka
X. Kea
XI. Spoonbills
XII. Other Birds
Agriculture: A Butter Fat Arcadia ? (7 pages)
II. Early days: from wool to refrigeration
III. Nauru: the phosphate grab
IV. Rogering the farmer
V. White Gold: the dairy bonanza
VI. Environmental costs
VII. Into the future: opportunities and threats
Fishing: Scandal in the EEZ
The Shaky Isles: NZ's Recent Geology
New Zealand Climate Maps
Sun, Moon and Earth: Notes
South Africa
Introduction (1 page)
History of the Western Cape (8 pages)
History: Language and Identity
The Western Cape: the first settlers
The Western Cape: Slaughter, Slavery and Segregation
The Western Cape: British Rule
The Eastern Cape and the defeat of the xhosa
British Imperialism
Gone Cape Town
Poverty in the Western Cape (4 pages)
Socio-Economic Conditions in South Africa 2010
South Africa by Population Group 2011
Cape Town Census 2011
Cape Townships (6 pages)
Voices from the townships
Rural Townships
Peninsula Townships
History of Cape Town Townships
Township Poverty
The Fear (7 pages)
The Friendliness
Being White
The Fear I
The Fear II
The Fear III
The Fear IV
The Beauty (2 pages)
The Beauty II
Coasts and Oceans (11 pages)
II. The Whale Coast
III. Cape Peninsula: Muizenberg to Simon's Town
IV. The Cape of Good Hope
V. Cape Peninsula: Scarborough and Benguela Current
VI. Cape Peninsula: Kommetjie, Hout Bay, Clifton
VII. Cape Town Harbour
VIII. West Coast National Park: Plants and Animals
IX. West Coast National Park: The Atlantic Coast
X. West Coast National Park: The Lagoon
XI. South African Kelp
Places (9 pages)
II.Chapman's Peak Drive
III. Table Mountain
IV. The Rhodes Memorial
V. Irma Stern Gallery
VI. Tamboerskloof
VII. Cape Farmhouse and Red Rock Tribal
VIII. Bain's Kloof Pass
IX. Montagu
The Cape Floral Region (8 pages)
II. The Fynbos of the Cape Floral Region
III. Cape Peninsula: Geology
IV. Cape Peninsula: Flora
V. Bontebok National Park
VI. Montagu Gorge
VII. Invasion and Fire
Wineland: Labour and Land Reform (7 pages)
II. Constantia
III. Breede River
IV. Labour conditions in the wine and fruit industry
V. Fair trade and the wine and fruit trade
VI. Land Reform
VII. Notes on the Fruit Industry
Cape Wildlife (14 pages)
West Coast National Park: Plants and Animals
Mammals I: Eland
Mammals II: Zebra
Mammals III: Bontebok
Mammals IV: Cape Chacma Baboon
Mammals V: Dassies
Mammals VI: Dolphins
Birds I: Penguins
Birds II: Ostriches
Birds III: Montagu Roosting Tree
Birds IV: Various
Birds V: Various
Tortoise
Insects and Reptiles
Cyprus
The Bailout and beyond (+20 pages)
I. Paper: Not so lucky Laiki
II. Paper: The Icarus Economy
III. Notes: Laiki timeline: 1901-2013
IV.. The Bailout - Summary
V. Background
VI. Economic Crisis
VII. The Banks
VIII The Russian Connection
IX. Russian Connections
X. Back in Brussels
XI. Germany
XII. Troika Troubles
XIII. Lessons from UK bank bailouts
XIV. Bank bailout conclusions
XV. Political Fallout
XVI. Economic Fallout
XVII. Social Fallout
XVIII. Beyond the Cyprus/Germany standoff
XIX. European banking/economy fallout
XX. Memorandum
XXI. The money laundering audits
XXII. Cyprus EU funds
XXIII. The Liberty Reserve Indictment
XXIV The #Carob Renaissance
Critical Issues (9 pages)
I. De Facto Partition
II. Dislocation and displacement
III. British Sovereign Base Areas
IV. Water resources
V.Biodiversity challenges
VI. Seismic Activity
VII.The contemporary church
VIII. Voices from Cyprus
Maps
History Notes (12 pages)
II. Neolithic to Roman
III. The Cult of Aphrodite
IV. Kupros/Copper
V. Byzantium: Introduction
VI. Byzantine Empire and Cyprus
VII. Lusignans to Ottomans
VIII. 'Sweet Salt': the Medieval Sugar Industry
VIII. Carob: the Locust Bean
IX. Locusts: gone but not forgotten?
X. British Rule
XI. Buying and selling the past
Historical Sites (10 pages)
II. Khirokitia
III. Sanctuary of Aphrodite
IV. Tamassos
V. Kourion
VI. Asinou
VII. Kolossi
VIII. Hala Sultan Tekke
IX. Agios Konstandinos
Along the Green Line (3 pages)
II.Kokkina Enclave
III.Nicosia to East Coast
Coast (10 pages)
II. Polis to Pomos
III. Polis 2011
IV. Akamas 2011
V. Akamas 2012
VI. Deryneia to Cape Greko
VII. Akrotiri Peninsula
VIII. Larnaka Salt Lake
IX. East of Limassol
X. Sea Grass
Mountains (8 pages)
II. Tilliria
III. Cedar Valley
IV. Kampos to the Green Line
V. Xeros Valley again
VI. Kornos to Machairas
VII. The Pitsilia Hills
VIII. Limassol wine-villages
Interiors (5 pages)
II. The Mesaoria
III. Wheat and Carob Country
IV. Dairy Farming
V. To Asinou
VI. Mavromata
Villages (3 pages)
II. Peristerona
iii. Fikardhou and Lazanias
Towns (6 pages)
I. Modern Nicosia
II. Old Nicosia (south)
III. Old Nicosia (north)
IV. Nicosia Art and Folk Museums
V. Larnaka
VI. Larnaka Fish Restaurant
Cyprus: Aerial Views
III. Aerial Route to Cyprus
IV. Cyprus Photos 2013
Arctic Norway
Norway: a very short introduction
Norway's Arctic Paradox: Tromsø
The Barents Sea and Lofoten Fishery
The Seal and Whale Industry
Lyngen Alps
Sub-Arctic Flora and Fauna
The German Occupation in WWII
Russian POWS in WWII and Norway
Operation Nordlicht
The Atlantic Wall in Norway
The Lyngen Line
Mallnitz Death Camp
Aftermath Nurnberg
Other Writing
Collecting Seaweed
The Bittern
Are you anxious too?
Death of a young farmer
God speed the plough
East Coast Mainline
Contact
The Body and Bodies
Confrontation
Bodies III: Confrontation
Confrontation I (pencil and ink wash)
Confrontation II (pencil and ink wash)
Confrontation III (pencil and ink wash)
Confrontation IV (pencil and ink wash)
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Confrontation I (pencil and ink wash)
Confrontation II (pencil and ink wash)
Confrontation III (pencil and ink wash)
Confrontation IV (pencil and ink wash)
