Maxine Burden is an Australian citizen, born in Tasmania, who's had the opportunity to travel and spend over ten years in the Sultanate of Oman. Travel has always been an enjoyable part of her life and working in the travel industry in Western Australia as a Master Cruise Specialist, she's been able to fulfill a dream of traveling and guiding clients to various countries of the world. Maxine has been in print previously with Asian magazines requiring short stories about Australia. In December 2014 her first book on Mutrah, Oman, "Throw Down the Anchor: The Story of Mutrah Souq," was released. The book was written for the Centre for Omani Dress while Maxine was a volunteer with this group in Muscat. Today Maxine resides in Tasmania on a lifestyle property. It is here that she wrote her second book. She undertakes volunteer work with the Burnie City Council informing and assisting cruise ship visitors who visit throughout the season from October to April. As a tour guide, Maxine also guides coach tours from visiting cruise ships to various parts of the Northwest Coast of Tasmania. She also has plans to author more books about her travels throughout the world over the last twenty years.