I (half) joke that the reason I became a travel writer was to escape the Victorian industrial town of my birth. Eventually, many years and circuitous turns later – including stints as a grape picker in France, a dancer in a Bolivian folkloric dance troupe and a volunteer in Peru, plus two years working in Mozambique – I eventually became a full-time travel writer.

I have contributed to over 70 Lonely Planet (LP) guide books and LP coffee table titles. My travel articles have been published in the newspapers: The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun, The Australian, West Australian, Daily Telegraph (UK) and magazines: National Geographic (UK), Get Lost and Vacations & Travel. Online, my work appears at lonelyplanet.com and BBC Travel. Additionally, I've written a guide book to Washington DC that’s about to be published by Hardie Grant (August 2023). Called “Beyond the Monuments in Washington, DC” it’s an outsider-insider’s look at the ‘real’ DC.

An intrepid traveller, I regularly head off solo and write about many countries, though am a repeat visitor to South Africa, Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Greece, USA and Australia. Recent highlights include exploring the Galapagos, sailing through the Panama Canal, and experiencing the semi-desert of Namibia.

Highlights aside, it’s simple really: I love being curious. Connecting with people. Participating in their everyday lives. Talking with them. Eating with them. Dancing with them. Learning from them. And capturing my experiences in words and photos.

Connect with me @nomaditis, on LinkedIn or drop me a note via the contact page on this website.

 

 

***Professional Memberships***

Member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) and the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW).