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    The Lizard of Oz
    The Lizard of Oz
    The Lizard of Oz
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    The Lizard of Oz

    By Stephen Brown

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    Lizard of Oz is made up of two separate anthologies: Greenhorns & Bundaberg. While not exactly a travel journal, the seventy-plus songs and poems gathered here do capture the moods and times the author went through as he packed his bags and set off on an adventure into the unknown!
    As in the Australian continent itself, there is huge diversity in Lizard, from the ludicrous (Maud, Fighting With Giants), to the more thoughtful (Dingo, Keep on Dancing), and the alternative lyrics to several well-loved songs (Bundaberg City, Tribute to John Lennon).
    They would have you believe there are no icebergs Down Under, but seen through the author’s eyes, you will realize that Lizard is merely the tip of one...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStephen Brown
    Release dateFeb 15, 2016
    ISBN9781311089359
    The Lizard of Oz
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    Stephen Brown

    Stephen Brown is Emeritus Professor of Learning Technologies and former Head of the School of Media and Communication at De Montfort University. He has been Senior Technology Adviser at the JISC Technologies Centre, Head of Distance Learning at BT, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Engineering Design, and President of the Association for Learning Technology. He has also been a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an Associate Member of the Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors. Since 2005, he has been a registered European Commission research expert in the fields of Technology Enhanced Learning, Digital Libraries and Cultural Heritage. He was a member of the AHRC Peer Review College for ten years.

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      The Lizard of Oz - Stephen Brown

      THE LIZARD OF OZ

      By Stephen Brown

      Copyright 2012 Stephen Brown

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to www.Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      For

      Steve Irwin

      1962 – 2006

      A total legend,

      sadly missed

      Contents

      Title Page

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Greenhorns

      Bundaberg

      About the Author

      Other Works

      Chosen Charity

      Introduction

      In January 2004 when I headed off to Australia I had for the first and only time in my Life a plan. I’d got a contact to find work and I’d hoped to get sponsored and move out there permanently. However, having arrived I quickly knocked that idea on the head and decided I just wanted to see as much of the place as I could. I still thought of finding a sponsor, but... later.

      So I worked a bit and travelled a lot, and on the way I began write quite prolifically. In this collection are the first two of my Australian anthologies, Greenhorns & Bundaberg which make up about the first three months of what turned out to be, sadly, only one year Down Under.

      Enjoy

      Love & Laughter

      xx

      GREENHORNS

      Introduction

      As the name implies, although my Life has been one of almost constant travel from the age of six, this was my first time backpacking and I made all the usual mistakes – thinking my money would go further than it did for one and also stuffing my bag far too full! Everyone does it – you’re going to be away for a long time, yes, but you somehow forget that wherever you go in the world, there are shops there too...

      I went with a friend and his girlfriend and because it had been arranged about four months before, by the time we finally left it was with a sense of optimism and excitement – I for one was almost bursting!

      This sense of adventure & enthusiasm comes through in all the poems in Greenhorns, from the first three written in Osaka airport en route, to the last just before we flipped a coin to see where we would go to work, our money almost gone.

      Poem List

      In transit

      A fruitless pastime

      The truth is out there – sometimes

      What d’you expect from a veggie

      Cuckoo

      The next big thing

      SSI

      Backpacking

      A change in style

      The Antipodes

      Action stations for all nations

      The Hawksbury River Monster

      Those damned elusive lunatics

      Maud

      The jolly milkman

      Lunatics revisited

      My dear Korean sweetheart

      Questionnaire by Dictaphone

      Crocodile fears

      Postcards should

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