Cirrus@Austlit

'Warning: do not buy this book if all you want is a boring travel guide. Buy it only if you are interested in personal reflections and observations, mostly sane but some completely insane, history, and the odd poem for good measure, put together in 2022 in the post Covid lockdown era when I travelled from Port Albert to the tip of Cape York and back - about as far south to north as you can get on the Australian mainland.' (Publication summary)

'The rich, the powerful, the influential and the innovators do not have a monopoly on life's tales. Theirs may be more glamorous and inspiring, but failure is as much part of human existence as success, and the fear of one is just as motivating as the striving for the other, and much may be learned from both. This is the story of Natalia, my mother. You could call her an ordinary person but I'm not sure exactly what that means or how it is measured. Hers has not been an easy story to write - I have heard Freud's rumblings the entire time. It is a personal story and I have been critical of Natalia but I hope it is of value.'  (Publication summary)