Travel
Join me on a travel writer’s journey through Algeria
Algeria is calling - did you hear it? Between the powerhouses of Morocco and Egypt, North Africa's largest country remains off the…
Explore the storyI’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!
Asia-Pacific Rescued from the jungle: aviation stories from Papua New Guinea
Aviation Would you pay to jump the queues at the airport? | ABC Melbourne Radio
Travel News Self-drive safari v luxury game experience: South African safari two ways | Sydney Morning Herald
Media appearances Shortlisted for Australian Travel Writer of the Year 2025
Travel
Algeria is calling - did you hear it? Between the powerhouses of Morocco and Egypt, North Africa's largest country remains off the…
Explore the story
Podcast
Take a musical roadtrip through southern USA with Glenn A Baker, rock historian, eminent music journalist and travel writer. This week, I’m…
Read more
Hotels
Come with us to Marrakech with a shopping expert. When Melburnian Angela Mellak got lost in the 10th-century medina of Marrakech years…
Read more
Hotels
Gold toothbrushes? Someone else’s hair on the soap? What makes or breaks you for the best and worst hotels you’ve ever stayed…
Read more
North Africa & Middle East
We’re just about at the end of Ramadan – the Islamic month of prayer, fasting and reflection – with Eid forecast for…
Read more
Asia-Pacific
This trip to Vietnam, I’ve turned my back on the big cities – Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang; even…
Read more
Asia-Pacific
From Paris to Seoul, Notre-Dame cathedral to a robot-built museum about robots, architecture perves are in for a treat this year. In…
Read more
Hotels
Come with us to Marrakech with a shopping expert. When Melburnian Angela Mellak got lost in the 10th-century medina of Marrakech years…
Explore the story
Hotels
Gold toothbrushes? Someone else’s hair on the soap? What makes or breaks you for the best and worst hotels you’ve ever stayed…
Read more
Europe
Forty degrees in Paris? It’s fair to say the world is not right – in fact, The European Environment Agency says Europe…
Read more
Europe
The dream assignment: go to Greece, stay at the new Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino, on the Peloponnese coast. Reader, I acquiesced. The…
Read more
Europe
Erotic, rebellious, scandalous. A dance to induce ecstasy, an exuberant resistance to state oppression. Yes, it’s that saucy dance with the devil,…
Read more