Published in Voyeur, the Virgin Blue inflight magazine.

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Very happy with this piece. Not only was it a great trip but the magazine worked with me on how to lay out the content and I think it looks amazing.

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  1. Morgan DavieMarch 10, 2010 at 5:32 PM

    you irish people and your love of zorbing i dunno man i just dunno

    :-) Great piece! Congrats!

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