Tell Them to Get Lost.

Well, after a few months of throwing titles around for my new book we've gone back to my original title (thanks to Larissa, my publisher!). And, I even have a cover! I got the first design layout last week from Random House and I quite like it (I like the nod to the original 1975 South East Asia on a Shoestring). I wasn't sure if I liked it to begin with because it was different, but then I liked it because it was different – you need that book to stand out on the shelf! So all is chugging along nicely at the moment for the September launch. I went up to Sydney last week for a bunch of meetings at Random House (at their very nice offices in North Sydney) with my publisher, my editor, my publicist and my marketing strategist (doesn't everyone have one of those?). The only person I didn't have a meeting with was the cleaner. The editor has my manuscript at the moment (and undoubtedly going crazy with the red pen) and I'll get that back next week. In the meantime here are some gratuitous shots from my weekend in Sydney…

That bridge reflected in that opera house.

Manly Beach

Me and that opera house

Beth at North Head (it was Beth's first time to Sydney)

A perfect Sydney day (it was cold and raining in Melbourne!)

Ahhh, Sydney – the Manly ferry and that bridge