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SELECTED OLDER WORK

science and society

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Accidental Activists - Australian Geographic
January 1, 2023
Accidental Activists - Australian Geographic
January 1, 2023

What makes a person fight for a cause? Meet a surfer, a miner and a farmer who've all gone rogue – with reason.

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January 1, 2023
Future Food - Galah
December 1, 2021
Future Food - Galah
December 1, 2021

A deep dive into Australia’s seaweed industry, and its potential for agriculture, food, medicine, manufacturing and planet saving

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December 1, 2021
Treasure in the trees - Australian Geographic
March 17, 2022
Treasure in the trees - Australian Geographic
March 17, 2022

The discovery of an ancient stand of Huon pines in takayna/Tarkine, Tasmania

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March 17, 2022
Charred Country - Wild
April 1, 2020
Charred Country - Wild
April 1, 2020

Australia’s unprecedented fires change everything

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April 1, 2020
Girl Power - Australian Geographic Adventure
June 1, 2024
Girl Power - Australian Geographic Adventure
June 1, 2024

Why more women than ever seek adventure

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June 1, 2024
Breast reduction surgery is on the rise - Sunday Life
May 11, 2019
Breast reduction surgery is on the rise - Sunday Life
May 11, 2019

And it’s changing women’s lives

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May 11, 2019
Keeping the Home Fires Burning - Outdoor Australia
July 1, 2018
Keeping the Home Fires Burning - Outdoor Australia
July 1, 2018

A feature exploring how parenthood and gender roles affect adventure

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July 1, 2018
Back to nature - Great Walks
November 1, 2022
Back to nature - Great Walks
November 1, 2022

Exploring the walking, landscapes and fragile ecosystems of WA’s Jarrah Forests, NSW’s Wollemi, and Tasmania’s forests

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November 1, 2022

profiles

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Bangalow Beauty - Galah
December 1, 2023
Bangalow Beauty - Galah
December 1, 2023

Around Byron, chef and sustainability champion Matt Stone is quietly building a different kind of hospitality empire

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December 1, 2023
Lucy Barnard - Wild
March 1, 2021
Lucy Barnard - Wild
March 1, 2021

Profile of the ‘ordinary, extraordinary adventurer’ on a mission to be the first woman to walk the length of the world

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March 1, 2021
Framing - GALAH
December 1, 2020
Framing - GALAH
December 1, 2020

Profile of Australian artist Dan Kyle

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December 1, 2020
Ya Reeve - Wild
December 1, 2024
Ya Reeve - Wild
December 1, 2024

A profile of the novelist, outdoor educator and sage of serendipity

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December 1, 2024
Saving our fragile beauty - Galah
April 11, 2021
Saving our fragile beauty - Galah
April 11, 2021

Profile of photographic artist Pamela Pauline

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April 11, 2021
Beau Miles - Wild
December 1, 2023
Beau Miles - Wild
December 1, 2023

Film maker, adventurer, maker and fixer, academic, doer and dad. A profile of the ‘backyard adventurer’

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December 1, 2023
Wild at 40 - Wild
August 11, 2021
Wild at 40 - Wild
August 11, 2021

Profile of Wild magazine

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August 11, 2021
Outback Mike - Wild
March 1, 2023
Outback Mike - Wild
March 1, 2023

A profile of Mike Atkinson: Air Force pilot, survival expert, filmmaker, adventurer and Alone runner-up

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March 1, 2023

adventure and travel

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Luxury on the Light to Light - Australian Geographic
January 1, 2023
Luxury on the Light to Light - Australian Geographic
January 1, 2023

The best way to ensure a three-day walk on the Sapphire Coast's iconic track isn't ruined by heavy packs and complaining kids? Cheat.

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January 1, 2023
Over the Hill in Nepal - Outdoor Australia
March 1, 2018
Over the Hill in Nepal - Outdoor Australia
March 1, 2018

Celebrating a twin milestone on a two week trek to the Gokyo Lakes

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March 1, 2018
The CDMX Factor - Escape
June 2, 2024
The CDMX Factor - Escape
June 2, 2024

About how everything I thought I knew about one of the world's biggest cities was wrong

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June 2, 2024
60 Hours in New York - Escape
March 7, 2024
60 Hours in New York - Escape
March 7, 2024

A New York minute is notoriously brief, but how much can you do in 60 hours with the kids?

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March 7, 2024
A destination run with a mission - We Are Explorers
August 21, 2023
A destination run with a mission - We Are Explorers
August 21, 2023

A 62 kilometre trail run through Tasmania's threatened Takayna rainforest was a great excuse for a sisterly road trip

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August 21, 2023
Running the Coastal Classic - We Are Explorers
November 8, 2022
Running the Coastal Classic - We Are Explorers
November 8, 2022

The 30 km trail run in Sydney's Royal National Park was not quite the sunny, carefree event I had planned

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November 8, 2022
A whiff of dead fish - Get Lost
April 1, 2020
A whiff of dead fish - Get Lost
April 1, 2020

Adventures on spontaneous cross-border dhow trips in Africa

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April 1, 2020
Go with the slow - Travel & Indulgence, the Australian
May 26, 2019
Go with the slow - Travel & Indulgence, the Australian
May 26, 2019

Nice and easy on France’s canal du Midi

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May 26, 2019

community and culture

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It takes a village - Galah
March 1, 2024
It takes a village - Galah
March 1, 2024

The Country Education Foundation was hatched at a kitchen table 30 years ago and has changed lives and communities

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March 1, 2024
Rock of Ages - Galah
August 11, 2021
Rock of Ages - Galah
August 11, 2021

Exploration of the issues facing the tiny town of Natimuk, near the rock climbing mecca of Mt Arapiles, Victoria

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August 11, 2021
When Arapiles was the centre of the world - Wild
December 1, 2021
When Arapiles was the centre of the world - Wild
December 1, 2021

A profile of the golden era of Victoria’s climbing Mecca, including mouse plagues, scurvy and world records

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December 1, 2021
Exploring Sydney’s First Nations Heritage
January 19, 2025
Exploring Sydney’s First Nations Heritage
January 19, 2025

Exploring Australia’s Indigenous history within its largest city

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January 19, 2025

personal essays

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Starting a new school chapter - the abc
February 5, 2022
Starting a new school chapter - the abc
February 5, 2022

My kids' milestones hit me in ways that are hard both to predict and process

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February 5, 2022
Mid-wife Crisis - Sunday Life
June 11, 2019
Mid-wife Crisis - Sunday Life
June 11, 2019

When motherhood dismantled my identity, I knew my lifestyle had to change

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June 11, 2019
Finding the balance (and the fun) in life as a parent - the ABC
April 26, 2023
Finding the balance (and the fun) in life as a parent - the ABC
April 26, 2023

A personal essay about adjusting to life

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April 26, 2023
The importance of celebrating parenting milestones - the ABC
December 3, 2021
The importance of celebrating parenting milestones - the ABC
December 3, 2021

You've got to celebrate the small stuff else you miss them as they fade into the distance

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December 3, 2021
How to win post-partum partner of the year - the ABC
May 23, 2022
How to win post-partum partner of the year - the ABC
May 23, 2022

First, avoid the hospital dinner of ‘poo on a plate’

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May 23, 2022

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