Great Walks

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IF you are a fan of travel memoirs you would have heard of Billy Bryson, an American travel writer who loves to explore the more interesting and quirky parts of the world. His books are humourous, personal and always entertaining. Here are extracts of 10 of his most popular books.

“ Australians … spend half of any conversation insisting that the country’s dangers are vastly overrated and that there’s nothing to worry about, and the other half telling you how six months ago their Uncle Bob was driving to Mudgee when a tiger snake slid out from under the dashboard and bit him

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