In 1987, my wife and I shouldered our backpacks and set off from Australia. The plan was to live and work overseas in England for two years, using it as a base for UK and wider world travels. And the widest of these were inspired by reading books like Alan Moorehead's The White Nile and The Blue Nile.

The White and Blue Niles is a travel blog post from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read the post on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/the-white-and-blue-niles

Read a post about the nine-month overland journey inspired by travel writers and Michael Palin's Pole to Pole:

https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/inspired-by-michael-palins-pole-to-pole

Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Apple Books:     https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436

• Rakuten Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Plane: https://freesound.org/people/bigpickle51/sounds/262753/

• Typewriter: https://freesound.org/people/supersupernator/sounds/519622/

• Jungle Sounds: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438261/

• Steam Whistle: https://freesound.org/people/mike_stranks/sounds/407394/

• Air Raid Siren/Bombing: https://freesound.org/people/hello_flowers/sounds/31887/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. 

Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

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