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Tim Ross loves to explore our national pride, Australiana and tell nostalgic stories. The Australiana Bundle includes 3 books with that paint a picture of Australia.
Receive 1 x Bewdy, 1 x Chuck A U-ey and 1 x Motel
BEWDY
The pre-pubescent pecking order around the school bubbler…. The unlevel playing field of the Kellogg’s Variety pack of cereals… the unforeseen hostility of powerwalking baby boomers… the dark art of spending time alone… the rustle of foil coming off the pav in the kitchen on Christmas day… and the sad and somewhat sage advice of the Lonesome Loser.
In Bewdy, Tim Ross deftly captures the conundrums, vignettes and milestones that life throws our way; celebrating a world in which we often borrow from the memories of others while lamenting the sad demise of the communal bowl of Cheezels.
Size: 180mm x 110mm, Paperback, 100 pages
Written by Tim Ross.
CHUCK A U-EY
Australians tend only to add -ey to words describing something they love. And Australians love cars. Aside from the A-to-B solution in a land of sweeping plains and dual carriageways, our cars are nicely parked in our memories. Chuck a U-ey is a pictorial road trip celebrating Australia’s relationship with its four-wheeled friend.
Once again, Tim has partnered with the National Archives of Australia to uncover a treasure trove of evocative images that show our enduring love for automobiles.
"Given our tyrannies of distance, it's no surprise Australians embraced the automobile, but cars have always meant more to us than simply a way to get from A to B. Chuck a U-ey is unashamedly nostalgic, and takes us back to a time before air bags, air conditioning and GPS navigation. It's a love letter to our old Holdens, Fords, Chryslers, VWs... even the Datsun 180B." - Tim Ross
Soft cover - 210mm x 210mm x 8mm - 80 pages.
Written by Tim Ross.
MOTEL - IMAGES OF AUSTRALIA ON HOLIDAYS
If any country was born to holiday, it’s Australia.
Sun, space, beaches – the desire to hit the road and “get out of town” remains a strong and enduring part of our cultural identity. Many of us remember the summer ritual of packing up the car with half the stuff we owned and heading for our chosen “spot” in often incident-packed road trips.
Central to those memorable journeys was the motel. “We’ll stay a night in Gundagai,” Dad would say, to break up the trip. Discovering the configuration of a new motel was all part of the holiday adventure – did it have a colour TV? The little packs of cereal? A couple of complimentary Arrowroots to go with the free tea and coffee? Bricks on the inside as well as the out?
In his book Motel, Tim Ross captures the heyday of Australia’s motels via a deep trawl through the National Archives, presenting a fascinating slideshow of Australians on holidays between 1950 and 1989.
A pictorial love letter to a somewhat bygone era, it captures the accessible glamour and car-friendly convenience of the road-side motel, from Gold Coast ‘palaces’ to out-of-the-way comfort stops (some with attached restaurant! Dinner: 6.30-8pm).
Motel is an affectionate tribute to one of this country’s greatest democratic institutions. From Prime Ministers to punters, at some stage we’ve all had to lay our head down at a welcoming motel as the sun sets on the highway.
2023 Revised Edition - Soft cover - 210mm x 210mm x 8mm - 80 pages.
Written by Tim Ross.