Away from It All
[VEN the most disillusioned of us ~ probably retain the hope that somewhere in the world there’s the sort of
tropical paradise you read about in escapist novels where you could get away from it all. This idea of a carefree paradise, says David Wentworth, in a series of talks to be heard from 1YA, is an illusion, for man carries his problems and worries with him wherever he goes. But there are, he thinks, still a few places where one can escape some of the worries. of industrial society. One of these is the Torres Strait Group, which lies between New Guinea and Australia. Among the — people of these islands, he says, he spent one of the happiest periods of his life. "I’ve lived in many parts of the world and seen some wonderful places, but I can’t think of anywhere where I've been more contented and settled. . . I tried to trace the cause of this feeling because it was a novelty ... and I came to the conclusion that it was caused partly by the people and partly by the climate, but mostly by the people." Mr. Wentworth has called the story of his stay there The Carefree Isles, It will start from 1YA on Thursday, August 19, at 7.15 p.m.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 786, 13 August 1954, Page 26
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215Away from It All New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 786, 13 August 1954, Page 26
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