In The Garden Of The City Of Darkness – Kowloon Walled City
I’ve been eager to write Kowloon Walled City for a while. It was one of the main reasons I wanted to re-visit Hong Kong, The book can be acquired directly from the…
Typewriter Safari Hong Kong – Temple Street, Apliu Street and Cat Street
Here I was, thousands of kilometres from home and standing in a darkened street digging through piles of trash in the back of Hong Kong looking for typewriters. It felt surreal. We arrived at Temple street market late in the evening after spending the day doing some shopping on the main island. This market is…
The tale of Chungking Mansions
Appreciating my typewriter…. and a desk
For reasons that are about to be obvious, my blogging activity will be curtailed for a while. But, I will be writing on! And now now a little video that I originally made for the facebook typewriter group. Hence the reference to photos being posted previously.
A little trip to a big city – Hong Kong
A tram travels along Hennessy Road on the main (Hong Kong) island late in the afternoon. ….somewhere in an office tower. And yes, there will be typewriters. But stay tuned, as I have some truly fascinating corners of this part of the world to tell you about.
Absence makes the heart go yonder.
Oh hang on…. What’s this in my email? Is it… is it…. Oh my! How do you pronounce that? Cow – loohn? Oh! Where is that…
Farewell to the Royal Children’s Hospital, and 2014
This photo shows most of the older buildings that made up the RCH campus. The main hospital is to the right. This year I’ve made some fairly dramatic moves in my life. Along with moving back interstate to my former home town of Melbourne, I also quit working at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane where I…
Sherry Miss-Cast Every Juan!
Post #200 – The Corona 3 tripod
The Corona 3 tripod is an accessory to which most typewriter collectors probably need no introduction. The above image of a Corona 3 on its tripod in use by a Canadian soldier during the first world war is probably one of the first photos most of us have ever seen of this often talked about accessory.…
You need to be more Pacific
Recently, Nick from X Over it featured on his blog a typewriter with an interesting case that had a handle that could extend out and become a shoulder strap – a convertible handbag if you will – that held a Consul 235 typewriter. These are interesting little machines, and I’ve been wanting to get my hands on…
The Filthy Platen 