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!
A street scene from Doha’s Souq Waqif. Photo: Belle Jackson Qatar Airways, the newest Middle Eastern airline to service Australia, does the Melbourne-Doha (Qatar) route and recently started flying from […]
A couple of weeks ago, I popped in to the newest five-star hotel in Melbourne, Peppers Docklands. It’s right beside Etihad Stadium, at the bottom of La Trobe St. Loved […]
With her huge blue eyes, plump rose-kissed cheeks and a tumble of golden curls spilling over her fashionable fox-fur trimmed coat, Lily Stirling is the perfect face of a beautiful […]
It’s been a good week for eating in Melbourne, and I checked out the new Marion wine bar, by chef-restaurateur Andrew McConnell in happening Gertrude St, Fitzroy. How’s that for […]
I recently wrote a couple of pieces on one of Australia’s leading artists, Tom Roberts, and was surprised to find the lengths that he travelled in Australia during his career, […]
Buy a goat for Christmas…you know you want to, worldvision.com/gifts Thought about giving someone a goat for Christmas? It’s time for *drum roll* the Christmas gift guide for travellers. No […]
An artist’s impression of WTC transportation hub, US In what’s becoming an annual story for the Sydney Morning Herald, here’s my round-up of next year’s great architectural openings. Thanks, as […]
Part of Kebisu’s headdress, collected in the Torres Strait from Maino by Alfred Cort Haddon in 1888. Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum The day he pressed his […]
Australia’s best resorts and hotels? That’s a big call – take a look at this piece in this weekend’s Sydney Morning Herald for the top places to lay your head […]
Private paradise: Dolphin Island accommodates only six people. I’ll be blunt, 2014 was a crappy year for our family, with loved ones lost and the distances separating those of us […]