Would you volunteer as a fire fighter?
This question is at the centre of a recruitment project I'm working on right now with CFA - Country Fire Association - volunteer fire fighters in Victoria who pull us from car crashes and fires. [...]
August 2015
June 2015
Big Blue Backyard – perfect name for a fabulous beach hideaway
I do get some good gigs it's true - and this has been a favourite to date...here's my review of this fabulous Mornington beachside getaway. What could possibly top a romantic night away in a [...]
May 2015
Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld – More than Just Degustation Dining
When your restaurant is a three hour drive from Melbourne, it’s wise to offer more than just dinner Nothing beats leaving Melbourne and getting away to the country for a night. Destination - Dunkeld, a small [...]
February 2015
Wet & wild – Tassie’s Tarkine wilderness
THE DEVIL DIDN'T SHOW! The words ‘Tasmania’ and ‘bush walking’ sit beautifully together in the same sentence. And now that I’ve done a 5-day trek in the North West of Tasmania, in the wild and [...]
November 2014
Traveling in Cambodia
My latest article has just hit the shelves; a honeymooning article for Bride to Be, Australia's No.1 bridal magazine. The setting this time, Cambodia - and how to travel there without abusing the locals. Sadly, I've seen [...]
July 2014
Being Paid to Travel
I'm still amazed that I am able to do this. A few years ago it was something I envied in others, and now I've been to and written about Adelaide, the Yarra Valley, the [...]
January 2014
Films with meaning
I love going to see a film: it still feels like a treat. And to go to a film that moves you and stays with you for days and weeks to come, is a real [...]
November 2013
Why is Cambodia special?
This answer differs according to who you ask. For me, I had the opportunity to live and work there for 7 months in 2010 and it will forever hold a special place in my heart. [...]
September 2013
Kriss Akabusi interview
I've always admired people who have chosen to live a different life from the one they were exposed to as a child. People who had a loveless childhood, going on to become loving parents, who [...]
Poetry – saved by Seamus Heaney
I had to study poetry at school and I largely didn't get it. Unsurprising really, as TS Eliot was high on the curriculum and as an average 14 year old, I wasn't on his wavelength. [...]