Welcome to “Summer Bay”! Television viewers especially in Australia and the UK will be very familiar with Palm Beach, location for the mythical village of Summer Bay where the hit TV series Home and Away is located. Screened in more than 50 countries Home and Away’s mythiical village of Summer Bay couldn’t have choosen a [...]
Entries from June 29th, 2009
Home and Away at Palm Beach Australia
June 29th, 2009 · 28 Comments · Australia Audio Guides, Free Audio Guides
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Soiled Doves of 1880′s Auckland
June 9th, 2009 · No Comments · New Zealand Audio Guides
In 1889 some 800 women in Auckland were said to be “soiled doves” which if true meant that about 8% of the female population between the ages of 15 and 40 were prostitutes. The reason for so many being “on the game” was more economics and demographics in the new colony rather than the inherent [...]