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“Turkey” – Opa!
Balloons over Cappadocia. Photo: Tom Andronas August 2011 TRAVELS TO BYZANTIUM AND BEYOND, WITH TOM ANDRONAS. Nowhere else in the world does ‘Greek’ meet ‘Australian’, as it does in Turkey. Centuries of Greek Orthodox tradition collide here with the nation-defining moment of an altogether different country, creating a strange sense of belonging for those that [...]
“LAST-SEAT.com” – Video
LAST-SEAT.com launched on 26th June 2011. It aims to be Australia’s one-stop travel shop, giving customers access to travel, accommodation, events and ‘experiences’. This video features some of the highlights from the launch party.
“Greece honours our Anzac Veterans” – Opa!
Featured photographs by Tom Andronas. Text by Mike Sweet.
“Terror and Desperation” – Neos Kosmos
The HMAS Perth in the Mediterranean. Photo: Archive 21 May 2011 THOMAS ANDRONAS “When the Greeks were invaded by the Germans I was standing up on the Acropolis watching the harbour being bombed.” Basil Hayler, now 89 was a 19 year-old sailor on the Australian warship HMAS Perth when he watched the bombs rain [...]
“Yesterday’s boat-people” – Neos Kosmos
Lucas and Lena Papageorge at their engagement party. Photo: Lucas Papageorge 14 May 2011 THOMAS ANDRONAS Lucas Papageorge was born in Levissi – a town now abandoned and known as Kayakoy in southern Turkey – on March 17, 1921. When he was very young, his family was forced to leave their village as part [...]
“Hidden Halkidiki” – Neos Kosmos
A hidden beach on Halkidiki’s Sithonia peninsula. Photo: Tom Andronas 16 April 2011 Take a tour of Halkidki’s hidden charms, on the road with THOMAS ANDRONAS. Halkidiki is off the tourist track, as far as most Australians are concerned. If you’re not from there, you’ve probably never been. It’s not glitzy, it’s not glamorous. There [...]
“Historic Propaganda” – Neos Kosmos
The Parthenon Marbles on display in the British Museum. Photo: Tom Andronas 9 April 2011 THOMAS ANDRONAS It’s funny, how history can be reinterpreted as a means to an end. On a recent trip to the British Museum I was astounded to find this iconic educational institution engaged in an overt propaganda campaign aimed at [...]