• Peter at the Newborn sign in Prishtina, Kosovo

  • Peter meets Lonesome George

  • Peter in Afghanistan

  • Peter in Rome

  • Peter drinking wanzuki

An author with a funny way of looking at the world


Peter Moore - AuthorBorn in Sydney, currently living in London, Peter Moore has visited 101 countries across the globe.

In the process, he has written six best-selling travel narratives, each one recounting the amazing people and places he has encountered in his adventures.

Whether he’s riding around Italy on an old Vespa, or travelling overland from London to Sydney, or from Cape Town to Cairo, something extraordinary always happens.

Peter is also a well-regarded speaker, sharing his inspirational tales with companies, associations, literature festivals and schools around the world.


Latest Blog

Kosovo on a budget

The article I wrote for Wanderlust about my trip around Kosovo is finally online. It originally appeared in Issue 128, with a bunch of other stories about trips done on a strict budget of £250. I had a brilliant trip – hanging out with Prishtina’s artistic community, chatting with Serb ‘rebels’ and drinking way too [...]

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The Last Train to Zona Verde by Paul Theroux

Meeting your heroes

I’ve got my hot little hands on an advance copy of Paul Theroux’s new travelogue, The Last Train To Zona Verde. It’s about his most recent trip in Africa, an overland journey from Cape Town to Angola. I’m reviewing it for Wanderlust and, fingers crossed, it looks like I might get to interview him when [...]

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The 100-year-old man

The 100-year-old man who brightened my commute

Since I wrote off my new Vespa last September I’ve had to catch the train over to Windsor on the days I help out at Wanderlust. It takes twice as long and costs three times as much, but until the whole insurance/liability thing is sorted out, I don’t really have much choice. The upside is [...]

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Shetland by Sea

Shetland by sea … sickness

You’ve got to watch this video. It’s CCTV footage from the ferry that sails from the Shetlands to mainland UK and it is wild! I travelled to the Shetlands a few years ago. I flew up but caught the same ferry back from Lerwick to Aberdeen. Thankfully, it was a smoother sailing. But I was [...]

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Berlin Amplemann

My Year in Travel 2012

I had a pretty quiet year in travel in 2012. But the beauty of living somewhere like London is that, even in a quiet year, you can pop over to somewhere exotic and not spend that much money doing it. With that in mind, here’s what I got up to in 2012: Belgian Beach Holiday [...]

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The Wrong Way Home on a train

Trainspotted!

My first book, No Shitting in the Toilet, was published in 1998. In the intervening years, nay, decades, I have never seen anyone reading one of my books. I know people are buying them. I get a royalty cheque from my publishers every six months. (Unless Random House have become some bizarre philanthropic organisation, sending [...]

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The lion's Roar by First Aid Kit

My Albums of 2012

It’s that time of the year again, when every newspaper, magazine and website start listing their favourite albums/books/films of 2012. Who am I to buck a trend? Four out of five are from Swedish artists. I am nothing if not predictable. 1. Lion’s Roar – First Aid Kit I saw these guys support Jack White [...]

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Mr Sikh International

Fully Sikh!

The annual Mr Singh International Turban Pride pageant was held in Amritsar on Sunday. And judging by the pictures that ran with The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph articles, it looked like a real hoot. Indeed, I’m busy making room in my schedule so I can go along to the 2013 pageant. The pageant was launched [...]

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