Australia


Small Tales and True: Short Film at the Melbourne International Film Festival, 2007

Still from The Boy Who Loved Rain.
by Simon Sellars

Originally published in RealTime issue #81 Oct-Nov 2007.

RECENTLY IN REALTIME AND ELSEWHERE I’VE BEEN CRITICAL OF AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM AND ANIMATION, SO MUCH SO I’M BEGINNING TO BORE MYSELF (AND DOUBTLESS OTHERS) WITH THE OLD REFRAIN. STILL, I VOICE THESE CRITICISMS FROM A POSITION OF RESPECT FOR […]

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Lonely Planet: Northern Territory

In 2005 I updated and rewrote the introductory chapters for LP’s Northern Territory & Central Australia guidebook: 10,000 words all up. Here are some excerpts.

Selected material by Simon Sellars from Northern Territory 4, Lonely Planet Publications, March 2006.

NORTHERN TERRITORY: HISTORY
Rock Art, Sea Slug & Eunuchs: Early Settlement
The first human contact with Australia began around […]

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Lonely Planet: Australia

Early in 2005 I travelled up and down Australia’s east coast on assignment for Lonely Planet. This was for LP’s Australia book. I wrote the introduction to the NSW chapter, the NSW North and South Coast sections, and the Far North Coast Hinterland section. All up, my contributions totalled 35,000 words.
I’m only including excerpts […]

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Lonely Planet: East Coast Australia

Early in 2005 I travelled up and down Australia’s east coast on assignment for Lonely Planet. This was for LP’s East Coast Australia book and I ended up writing the introductory chapters for the book,a s well as the Central Coast New South Wales section. All up, my contributions totalled 18,000 words.
I’m only including […]

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