Daren
Another of Clune's fairly mundane travel journeys where he describes his route, his experiences and every single person he meets in minute detail, whether they are of any interest or not... interspersed with fairly dull local history. This one was published in 1951, and joins the list of the formulaic, almost advertorial books of Clune's. I have hopes that there are much better Clune books coming up, hopefully ones which don't include more drivel about his 'white Australia policy'.
So this journey takes Clune, accompanied by his wife (a rare occurrence) from Sydney to Fiji, then to Canton Island (a part of the Phoenix Islands), now part of the Kiribati Group. From there to Hawaii, and on to the main course, which is Canada. In Canada he traves extensively, meets lots of people, sees a lot of primary industry (lots of mining, an oil refinery).
Pretty hard to pull any real positives, other than this is another Clune book crossed off which get me closer to some better looking books (I am reading his books I have in published order).
2 stars
Another of Clune's fairly mundane travel journeys where he describes his route, his experiences and every single person he meets in minute detail, whether they are of any interest or not... interspersed with fairly dull local history. This one was published in 1951, and joins the list of the formulaic, almost advertorial books of Clune's. I have hopes that there are much better Clune books coming up, hopefully ones which don't include more drivel about his 'white Australia policy'.
So this journey takes Clune, accompanied by his wife (a rare occurrence) from Sydney to Fiji, then to Canton Island (a part of the Phoenix Islands), now part of the Kiribati Group. From there to Hawaii, and on to the main course, which is Canada. In Canada he traves extensively, meets lots of people, sees a lot of primary industry (lots of mining, an oil refinery).
Pretty hard to pull any real positives, other than this is another Clune book crossed off which get me closer to some better looking books (I am reading his books I have in published order).
2 stars