TRAVEL WRITING AND SAMPLE ARTICLES

I'm a versatile writer contributing a wide-ranging variety of travel articles to newspapers, magazines and websites (see below). These may be straightforward destination pieces, food and restaurant reviews, light-hearted and informative round-ups or more evocative personal narratives. Regularly weekly or monthly columns for both newspapers and magazines demonstrate my ability to produce reliable, ongoing copy.

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I'm an expert on river, expedition and luxury cruising. (For more, click here.) Literature, museums, architecture and history are often recurring themes in my culture-based stories. I'll give any activity a go, but I'm particularly happy when writing about hiking and skiing. I first strapped on a pair of skis in the Swiss Alps at the age of two, and haven't stopped (or even broken a bone) since.



Most familiar destinations? ​As a 25-year resident of Sydney, I know Australia well, and make frequent domestic trips. I spent another 20 years living in Switzerland, speak fluent French, and return to Switzerland and other European destinations at least twice a year.​ And lastly, I also lived in Chengdu in China for three years and return to China regularly.​ I'm a committed sinophile, wish I spoke better Mandarin, but draw the line at eating chicken's feet.

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Incidentally, I don't just confine myself to travel writing. I also write other feature articles on a wide variety of topics, including health and wellbeing, history, culture and food.

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Click through below for samples of some of my articles in various styles.

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