Richard Allen has been a journalist for over twenty years and has written on a wide variety of subjects for the Australian Financial Review, the Age, Good Weekend magazine, the Sunday Telegraph (UK) and BRW. His previous books include Shimmering Spokes: One Australian's 16,000 Kilometre Odyssey and Recollections of a Remarkable Age.Kimbal Baker is a Melbourne-based freelance photographer with more than thirty years experience. His images have been published in many Australian and overseas publications, and he has worked for Agence France-Presse and ACP publications. His previous books include Grammar, The Capital Golf Club, The National Golf Club, Golf Courses of the Mornington Peninsula and Moonah Links.Tim Entwhistle, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia