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[NSW, ACT, VIC, QLD] A Portrait of Australia - Hard Cover Book $12.99 ($0.06 Card Surcharge) Delivered @ ALDI

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[NSW, ACT, VIC, QLD] A Portrait of Australia - Hard Cover Book $12.99 ($0.06 Card Surcharge) Delivered @ ALDI
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mrgeckoz on 22/06/2022 - 00:11 shop.aldi.com.au (2626 clicks)
Last edited 22/06/2022 - 10:18 by 2 other users

I bought one few months ago at $24.99 delivered, loving it. Good addition to the bookshelf.
Hope you will enjoy it too.

For 30 years Australian Geographic journalists have revealed the rich diversity of a nation. From schoolyards to parliament and the outback to the ocean, they have reported on Australia and Australians, both ordinary and extraordinary, going about their daily lives. Within these pages are photographs of landscapes both intimate and infinite, compelling portraits of people in joy or in grief; native wildlife and plant life in stunning detail and astonishing clarity; rare glimpses of industry and endeavour and the individuals that drive them; and remarkable views captured by adventurers and explorers on expedition. Inside this beautiful compendium of stories from a rich, 30 year history of examining the very best of Australia’s nature, culture, people and places is a portrait of Australia beyond the urban and suburban fringe.

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  • 00 on 22/06/2022 - 00:31
    -4

    Page 1: we’re (profanity) by TanedaR and the cronies he votes for…

    00 on 22/06/2022 - 00:31 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • Russ on 22/06/2022 - 00:36
    +2

    It's a good price, half the lowest "new" cost on booko: https://booko.com.au/9781742458595/Portrait-of-AustraliaThe-…

    According to the QBD listing, it has 224 pages.

  • LakeVostok on 22/06/2022 - 00:42
    +1

    Thanks Op, got one.

  • cycloneaussie on 22/06/2022 - 00:45
    +4

    Typical ALDI… Credit card surcharge of $0.06.

  • banana365 on 22/06/2022 - 01:05
    +1

    They don't seem to deliver to WA. Shame really, it looks a great book.

  • TEER3X on 22/06/2022 - 01:22
    +1

    So it's just portraits of people?

    Not for me but thanks for posting

    • tharlow on 22/06/2022 - 01:34
      +5

      It’s a portrait of an entire country. Obviously one has to stand back a little, so it was taken from space. And it took 30 years to find an appropriate moment when all the clouds had cleared

    • ak47wong on 22/06/2022 - 03:07
      +4

      No, it's not. You can see it on the cover: "The best stories from 30 years of Australian Geographic". You can also see sample pages at the Aus Geo site.

  • AussieDaddy on 22/06/2022 - 03:09
    +1

    Unfortunately, ALDI delivery service is currently unavailable in your area

    OP, this is delivered only to selected postcodes in NSW, ACT, VIC & QLD and not nationwide so please fix the post.

    • tharlow on 22/06/2022 - 03:23
      +4

      Currently unavailable, but presumably this could change any minute…

      I guess it’s possible that in a portrait of Australia, some states just didn’t turn up. Or shut their border for a long time, or something really irritating like that

  • jimbler on 22/06/2022 - 04:20
    +3

    The last time I got something like this was when I bought my Commodore 64

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgORBHWt15w

    • marcozmitch on 22/06/2022 - 05:31
      +1

      Love it!

    • tharlow on 22/06/2022 - 06:06

      Wow… did the Commodore only come with 64 MB of RAM? No wonder no one uses it any more

      • ak47wong on 22/06/2022 - 06:38

        It took a l-o-n-g time to store 64 MB to the Datasette

      • semaj on 22/06/2022 - 06:53
        +5

        I think you’d need to divide that by 1000,
        pretty sure it was only 64kB of RAM.

      • banana365 on 22/06/2022 - 13:12
        +1

        And it was very impressive what developers managed to squeeze into that 64MB. Efficient coding was at the heart of everything. These days, RAM is cheap, disk space is cheap. I just fired up Minesweeper on my PC. It takes up over 150MB of disk and consumes over 300MB of RAM. Bloat is here to stay.

        • tharlow on 23/06/2022 - 01:37

          Minesweeper on a 4K monitor is visually breathtaking. Just gorgeous. So I suppose some of this bloat can be forgiven

  • INFIDEL on 22/06/2022 - 05:50
    +2

    Local library has a copy ready to borrow - FREE! Likely to be found on shelf in most libraries.

    This 6yr old book is so (un)popular - none of the 5 copies are out on loan!

    • ATangk on 22/06/2022 - 06:36

      Hardcovers make for great bookshelf stabilisers

      • INFIDEL on 22/06/2022 - 08:14

        Strangely, there are many other better, cheaper or free solutions, than buying a book - to stabilise your shelf!

        Authors I have worked with would be appalled by your suggestion😉

    • INFIDEL on 22/06/2022 - 08:24
      +4

      Borrowing is a FREE alternative.

      Most books just sit on the shelf. The more books - the more clutter & expense to store them. Libraries do that for you.

      Plus saves potential guilt for some - for not reading all those books bought.

      Solution - just borrow when you want a read.
      After all, you've already paid for it in the rates.

      This book published in 2016, contains reprinted short articles & photos from the previous 30 year history of the mag. So no rush to own or read!
      Ideally suited to occasional borrowing & reading.

      • ihbh on 22/06/2022 - 10:42
        +1

        I hate you… because you're right.

        I own over 6k books and have lots of shelves to hold them and am planning on how to sustainably pass them on over the next decades after the kids have grown up.

        I was about to buy this when my wife said the same thing, you can borrow it at the library, but my local doesn't have a copy. No rush, I have other books to finish.

        • INFIDEL on 22/06/2022 - 10:49

          Sorry for nagging😉

          I own over 6k books - think they own you!

          Used to work with authors (consulting, lecturing, interviewing), so kept being given so many books.

          Academics can be the biggest hoarders of books & journals - floor to ceiling. Was called in to save the occasional marriage when the clutter became too much!

          Doing my own big clean up. Car is loaded with boxes of books to charity shop.

          Found a copy of Marie Kondo's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying" - unread, under a pile of books…

          Now have a no more books policy.

          • ihbh on 22/06/2022 - 11:09

            @INFIDEL: Yikes, I have an academic bent. Am also a published author with John Wiley.

            I have printed notes, slides, journals, etc. from when I started working almost 30 years ago until I stopped corporate work nearly 7 years ago. I am gradually getting rid of them - if they were printed 1 sided, it's been the kids' scrap paper.

            First step to improvement is awareness, although I have been aware of this since I got married! Don't worry, my wife is driving the execution part.

            • INFIDEL on 22/06/2022 - 11:34

              @ihbh: Thought that may be the reason😄

              It's always easier to help someone else declutter. There is no emotional attachment.

              Had trouble throwing out notes for my classes. Haven't taught them in a long time & never will again. They were part of me… my history.
              Now scrap paper.

              Awareness can bring pain… but can lead to freedom.

  • heycheeno on 22/06/2022 - 07:21
    +1

    Thanks OP, moved here form Canada and will be extra perspective on the mindset of the nation

    • goingDHfast on 22/06/2022 - 07:50

      Mindset of the nation? Try www.reddit.com/r/straya

    • mrgeckoz on 22/06/2022 - 15:33
      +2

      I’m an immigrant too, this book helps to understand the history, culture and value of Straya! ;)

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