Hotels reborn: 10 historic buildings that are now luxury hotels
Where are you sleeping tonight? In a prison cell? A castle? A monastery. A jam factory? I’m talking about rooms inside buildings that have been reborn as hotels – buildings […]
I’m a journalist, travel writer, editor and copywriter based in Melbourne, Australia. I write pacy travel features, edit edifying websites and fashion flamboyant copy. My articles and photographs have appeared in publications worldwide, from inflight to interior design: I’ve visited every continent, and have lived in three. Want to work together? Drop me a line…
Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Where are you sleeping tonight? In a prison cell? A castle? A monastery. A jam factory? I’m talking about rooms inside buildings that have been reborn as hotels – buildings […]
Fancy splashing out on a luxury hotel for your Egyptian holiday? I’ve been to a few in my time, and let me say that this fabulous country is interwoven with […]
This week, I published a story in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age about my phone being stolen in London. We’ve all had stuff stolen – what made it […]
I love a small hotel with a history, and The Benev, in Beechworth, ticks all boxes for its beautiful restoration For those following along on my instagram account, you’ll know […]
When COVID-19 hit Melbourne harder than a runaway tram, our lives changed – literally overnight. Together Apart gives a rare glimpse into life in lockdown, beautifully capturing the isolation, frustration, hope, humour and human need for togetherness that quickly became part of our daily lives.
What started as a conversation over the back fence to break the solitude of lockdown has grown into a friendship and a partnership between me and my next-door neighbour, portrait photographer Jude van Daalen.
Photographed, written and printed in Melbourne, Together Apart is our black-and-white coffee table book featuring 60 portraits of people in our neighbourhood.
To get a hold of your copy, visit our book’s website.
If you’re from the media, please get in touch for extracts, press releases or images. Jude and I are also available for interview.
From swathes of scenery to secretive cafes: discovering the new, the exotic and the overlooked.
Before the long polar night settles across Oulanka National Park, the fleet sun rises just a few hours a day, burnishing the snow with a rosy cast.
Rug up to enjoy a true white Christmas experience cross-country skiing, snowball fights and a Finnish sauna.
From Melbourne to the Middle East, Antarctica to Albania, I’ve covered destinations on and off the beaten track. On horseback or on foot, by yacht or chopper – whatever it takes to get there. Click here to take a look at my most recent work.
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From editing travel guidebooks and interior design magazines, story books and local newspapers, I’ve tweaked a phrase or two. Past projects include an update to Fodors’ Australian series and the luxury outback travel book by RM Williams, Australia In Style. My current baby is Together Apart: life in lockdown.
Click for website copy that’s tight and terrific, with polished prose and great grammar. Whatever your bent, I can twist to suit: with over 20 years’ experience writing and sub-editing copy, I’ve focused on finance for online news, kicked goals for glossy interior design magazines and written travel, travel, travel –
with food, art, adventure, wellness and humanity mixed in.
From Egypt to Antarctica, I love to share my discoveries while on the road, and all photos on this site are my own. I currently shoot my travel images with a Canon M6 MKII and my hardworking Samsung phone. If you’d like to wallow in more snowy shots and desert dramas, come with me on my instagram feed.