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Peter is an itinerant hobo who is lucky enough to be able to support his insatiable travel habit through writing.
In doing so he has become the voice of alternative travel both in Australia and the UK. He writes a regular travel feature for TNT magazine and has knocked out travel articles for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times in London, The Sun Herald and The Australian. He is also a regular on the Triple J Morning show and the web site for No Shitting in the Toilet continues to pull in the hits and the awards.

At last count Peter had visited 92 countries but, sadly, still has to doss on his friend's sofa whenever he is in London. When he is not lugging his senselessly overweight backpack through third-world countries, Peter can be found at home in Sydney watching Neighbours. Sad, really.

   
       
         

Vroom with a View

 

Peter Moore travels through Italy on the back of a Vespa and falls for a side of Italy that others rarely see.

'Moore is the genuine article, a traveller's traveller... inspirational stuff'
FHM magazine

           
      A selection from Peter Moore's backlist  
The Wrong Way Home
A hip, hilarious and highly entertaining travelogue that takes the author on the Sixties hippie trail - from the UK to Australia - without flying.
The Full Montezuma
A hilarious, incisive, self-deprecating and eloquent successor to his debut, it chronicles the highs and lows of Moore's epic journey with his significant other through Central America and the Caribbean
 
       
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Press Reviews


Vroom with a View

''Its punning title sets the tone for this off-beat travel book...touched by romance and haunted by the glamour of Sophia Loren, it's a larky, laddish tale of roadside picnics, bad behaviour and attempting to re-enact Roman Holiday'
YOU magazine

'Peter Moore's travel guide may well be the most useful of its genre a traveller - novice or seasoned - could select. Whether you're actually going anywhere or just thinking about it, this book is a hoot'
Queensland Times

The Wrong Way Home

'Moore has the parched dry wit, the solid brass cojones of a true traveller and rare eye for the madness of the wider world'
John Birmingham

'Peter Moore is the Jim Carrey of Australian travel writing'
Sydney Morning Herald

'A refreshingly cynical blast of fresh air'
Melbourne Age

The Full Montezuma

'Moore is an amiable Aussie with a laidback approach and a chatty humorous writing style - probably just as well given the trip he had'
Big Issue In The North

'Funny, sharply observed, full of hints about how to be foolish and still ghet away with it and written with the kind of hopeful astonishment that marks out the genuine traveller from the fakes and passport stamp-collectors'
London Student

'Jam-packed with witty anecdotes and sharply observed accounts of each country, The Full Montezuma is a must have for everyone that haws felt the urge to up sticks'
Student.co.uk

Swahili for the Broken Hearted

'Moore captures the spirit of contemporary Africa. Brilliant.'
Good Book Guide

'An entertaining armchair read.'
Angus Clarke, The Times

'Relayed with his dryer-than-the-Sahara wit.'
OK Magazine

'A first-class guide for armchair travellers everywhere.'
Mail on Sunday

'I defy anyone to keep a straight face through this book.'
Wanderlust

No Shitting in the Toilet

'This infinitely handy, irreverent bullet-pointed code of conduct (and misconduct) abroad revels in a kind of anti-Wish You Were Here ethos. Expect the worse, then turn to this to find ideas, answers and, best of all, comfort in the sod's law of holiday-going'
The Scotsman

'Seasoned travellers will find plenty to relate to in this witty and observant book, especially the gentle dig at some of the more conventional guides'
Lancashire Evening Post

'It's not a run-of-the-mill travel book, oh no, but a book no traveller can do without'
Virginstudent.com

'Definitely a book to take with you as an accompaniment to a detailed travel guide, or even better, a humorous reminder of your trip when you get back home...well worth a read'
Outland Website