Tony Wheeler: Pawned camera for $25 to rent Sydney room
Tony Wheeler · Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler (2017) · Jul 9, 2018 · at 9:48
Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, recounts how he and Maureen Wheeler survived when they first arrived penniless in Sydney.
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“We got 25 dollars for my camera, which I bought back a week later. So we had 25 dollars, and in those days you could get a room for a week for 15 dollars”
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