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| Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Home exchanges, worldwide | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Live in London rent-free… was it too good to be true? “Yes, I would be interested in a home exchange… I have a two-bedroom apartment less than a mile east of Tower Bridge. The Tube station is opposite – one change gets you into central London easily within half an hour … it’s remarkably quiet for London.”
Welcome to the wonderful world of home exchange, where a smart London apartment – or a Queensland beach house – becomes your home-away-from-home for little more than the cost of getting there. And we’re not talking about taking in tenants, their valuables are as precious to them as our are to us. House-swapping is a two-way thing and that’s why it works wonders.
Images captured in a variety of formats. Please confirm suitability for any desired reproduction.
 Brisbane, May 2018: On the rear deck of our exchange home |
 2012 - our temporary home in England's 'Black Country' |
 English backyards |
 Town hall at Shrewsbury |
 The Iron Bridge, an engineering first |
 Tudor houses in Ombersley, near Worcester |
 Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
 Fly fisherman at Bewdley |
 Staffs and Worcs Canal at Stourport-on-Severn |
 Dick Whittington's old manor house, ca. 1310, now a roadside pub |
 Pub lunch after a brisk walk along the canal towpaths |
 Himley Hall, the local manor house |
 Rock houses at Kinver - we're better off where we are |
 Helping out (or getting in the way) |
 Canals and narrow boats are a feature of the Black Country |
 2010 - Exchange home in Perth, Western Australia |
 Exchange holiday home in WA's Southwest |
 Day trip from Perth to Rottnest Island, WA |
 State Cenotaph, Kings Park, Perth |
 Swan Lookout, Kings Park, Perth |
 2010 - Balmain, NSW exchange. Sunset from the wharf below the exchange house. |
 Sydney Harbour |
 2010 & 2011 - Blackmans Bay, Hobart |
 Constitution Dock, Hobart |
 MONA, Hobart's controversial new attraction |
 Sandy Bay, Hobart |
 2008 - Exchange home in Highbury, London |
 2008 - London. Arsenal Stadium, just around the corner |
 Old Spitalfields Market in London's East End |
 Millenium Bridge, London |
 2008 - Four happy exchangees handing over, Cam, Gloucs. |
 Philip at Cam, Gloucestershire |
 Lunch at Cam, Gloucestershire |
 Painswick, near Stroud, Cotswolds |
 Stroud Country Market, the Cotswolds |
 Cotswolds village of Bibury, England |
 Climbing a stile on the Cotswold Way |
 Day drive to Hay-on-Wye on the Welsh border |
 Shopping at the weekly market in Kelso, Scotland |
 2008 - Meeting Clara, our exchange counterpart in Perth, Scotland |
 Muirhall Terrace, Perth, Scotland |
 Perth on the River Tay, Scotland |
 Excursions to Edinburgh: The Royal Mile |
 Excursions to Glasgow: Kelvingrove Museum & Gallery |
 2007 - Irvine, Scotland |
 Irvine, Scotland |
 Weekends away in Scotland (Isle of Mull) |
 2007 - Exchange home in Launceston, Tasmania |
 Dining room in Launceston, Tas |
 Tamar Valley vineyards, Tas |
 2004 - by the Thames at Wapping, London |
 Wapping Underground Station, London |
 Shopping in Wapping, London |
 Cable Street Community Gardens, East London |
 Cable Street Community Gardens, East London |
 1995 - American teaching exchange, Pennsylvania |
 1995 - Winter snow in Pennsylvania, USA |
 Driving to work, Pennsylvania, 1995 |
 Mummers Parade on New Year's Day, Philadelphia, USA |
 New York City - 90 minutes away by bus |
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| Rick Bricker | 11-Dec-2012 13:51 | |