News & Society
Journalist & Editor
News, features, media releases, website and content writing.
I am interested in the creativity, stoicism and joy in people, especially within our Australian regional and rural communities, and the stories everyone has to tell. I contribute to a number of print and online publications and news platforms and have been editor of Escape Southern Highlands, now in Highlife Magazine, since January 2017 www.escapesouthernhighlands.com.au
Also on occasion, I work with private clients to devise and write brand & communications strategies, media releases, newsletters and online content. You will find me at [email protected] and can see a selection of my work below.
News & Society
Over 55 Australians are leading the way in global start-ups
On the eve of Missing Persons Week, the story of one family's struggle. Mine.
"Mum, what's rape?" The disquitening question from my 11-year-old that caught me completely off-guard
There has never been a greater need for carers in Australia to help an increasing number of children in need of a stable home
Jean and Norm Stanton in front of a poster of their missing son, Ian
Grief therapy helps the bereaved understand the lessons of their loss and construct a new normal, and kind of resilience in the storm of grief
'Tiny Housers' are opting out of expensive home ownership to ensure greater financial security and freedom
Finding love on the high seas as a yachtie can be challenging but after Cupid strikes, the likelihood of finding a boat to employ you as a couple, can be even tougher
FROM mixing up ingredients in her Sydney kitchen, to supplying Woolworths stores nationally, Natasha turned her healthy breakfast idea into a big business.
SCIENTIFIC HOW DOES IT WORKS
Australian advertisers are lacking when it comes to providing Christmas TV ad excitement
Weigh up the financial and psychological implications before you downsize
Naomi Milgrom - retail and business giant, art philanthropist and founder of Melbourne's acclaimed MPavilion
Across the Southern Highlands, women are living daily with domestic violence
Odontologist Professor Chris Griffiths is a leading authority in forensic dentistry
Triple Care Farm has helped more than 3000 addicted young Australians get their lives back on track
Making a tree change sounds idyllic but can be fraught with problems...planning and sound financial literacy can help
Workshops for girls encourages positive introduction to puberty
What to do when you child says 'it's not my fault'
Rural & Regional
Chef Mike McEnearney talks healing qualities in his physic kitchen garden
The fifth generation farmers making ethical homewares from their merino property.
How Joel Salatin is activating a new Australian farming generation
Advocates call for a national, legally enforced definition of free-range eggs to provide consumer clarity and transparency
Horse, game and haggis are on these crusading butchers' menus
Rare beef breeds are gaining popularity with Australian producers and consumers
Chickens & cattle live in sweet symbiosis on one Australian open range farm
Weekly food and social exchange is cementing regional cohesion and community
Farmers Macca and Cressida Cain are making a name for their cheese
The truth behind free-range eggs? It's another to scramble your brains.
Australian thoroughbred trainer Treen Murphy talks about Sledmere Stud, Scone
Family comes first for third-generation Hereford Red beef cattle farmer James Bjorksten and his family on their central NSW property
The reappearance of the general store in rural areas is vital to communities seeking to revive their sense of belonging.
A small Australian rural community embraces Carlie Oates and her family
First exhibition at home of late philanthropic art lover, James Fairfax
In the tiny Australian town of Mendooran, two single malt whisky makers are quietly making a global name for their Black Gate Distillery and its 'liquid gold'
Arts, Food & Culture
Kendall Feaver talks about her burgeoning career and the challenges and thrills of adapting Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career for the stage
Thompson is Bidjara, from central western Queensland. He shuns traditional art practices and instead continually refashions his body as his performing device.
Artist Neil Frazer captures Australia's dramatic coastline up close
Painter Vanessa Stockard three times Archibald finalist
Archibald award winning artist talks inspiration and breaking through
On the eve of her first visit to Australia in eight years, Julia Donaldson reveals she never set out to be an author
Personal chef, Australian Pip Priestly talks Prince Harry, Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Grant
Hollywood actor Noah Taylor talks art on the eve of his first solo exhibition
Leading Australian artists turn their gaze inward for exhibition at Art Gallery NSW. Image Guy Maestri
Painter Jenny Bell finds inspiration in her Southern Tablelands property
Not for profit Big Hart is helping disadvantaged communities one stage at a time
Sculptural Harriet Goodall uses backyard materials to create her in demand pieces
Max Miller's works hang in Australia's national collections but it was growing up in the bush he first discovered the minutiae of his life's practice
Like her artistic forebears, Matilda Dumas strives to capture the skies of her light-filled countryside
Young Australian filmmaker Hattie Dalton on her road to success
Artist Jasper Knight talks about his unusual talents and his old friend, Adam Cullen
Archibald winning artist Guy Maestri talks creative block on the eve of exhibition, Personal Space. Image Guy Maestri
13-year-old ballet dancer is off to Moscow to study with the world's best
Artist Gria Shead captures the tapestry of lives past in vivid tableaux
Curators Axel Arnott & sculptor Dave Ball talk about Hillview Sculpture
Acclaimed indigenous Australian artist Danie Mellor tells how heritage, history and landscape infuse in his award winning works
Weaver Penny Simons looks to her childhood and her surroundings to create
Central Australian artists work finding place on global art stage
Artist Carlos Barrios on growing up in El Salvador, working with John Olsen and what makes his heart sing
Young painters find inspiration in a quiet community, cameraderie and the encouragement of an art-world giant
Southern Highlands Regional Art Gallery looks set to finally become a reality at the home of the late media figure and art collector Sir James Fairfax
Sturt School for Wood creates some of Australia's finest furniture makers
Acclaimed Tasmanian landscape painter Phillip Wolfhagen’s remote, unfashionable boyhood is central to understanding his work today
Travel
Travel to the magnificent island hideaway of Malolo Island Resort, Fiji and enjoy being castaway
Underneath the winter slopes is a summer playground waiting to be discovered, and walked
Beware the hidden costs of cruising
Corporate & Not for Profit Content
The ultimate addition to any backyard shed
Volunteer interviews
Content writing on Domain Group for Pinpoint HRM
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Living and loving the NSW Southern Highlands
Living and Loving in the NSW Southern Highlands
Lifestyle & Tourism magazine and online platform - living and loving in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Life in the Southern Highlands of NSW
Living and loving life in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Lifestyle & Tourism magazine and online platform - living and loving in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Lifestyle & Tourism seasonal publication on living and loving in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Lifestyle & Tourism seasonal publication on living and loving in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Lifestyle & Tourism magazine and online platform - living and loving in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Living and loving life in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Lifestyle & Tourism magazine and online platform - living and loving in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia
Lifestyle & Tourism magazine and online platform - living and loving in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia