Travel has been my passion both professionally and personally for much of my life! After 14 years working in the UK travel industry, I relocated to Australia in 1998 and became a full-time freelance travel and lifestyle writer / editor, with 19 successive years based in Southeast Asia - 12-plus years in Vietnam and eight years in Bali, Indonesia. I’ve written for countless international magazines, newspapers and websites and updated numerous travel guidebooks - I'm author of two, first edition travel guides on Vietnam. I've been personally selected to contribute to several travel anthologies, as a guest lecturer for a Vietnam lecture series, a judge for Asia Spa Awards and guest speaker on two podcasts.

I've undertaken extensive copywriting work for a diverse portfolio of companies across Asia Pacific and held positions as chief writer / editor in Southeast Asia offices. These include helping to set-up, launch and jointly run a new English-language tourist magazine for the state-run Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and senior marketing content writer / editor for a tour operator in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. My niche genre is luxury travel and specialist destinations, Vietnam and Bali.

I relocated from Vietnam back to Australia late 2021 and now based in Sydney, worked as a copywriter creating travel website content for a cruise specialist tour operator. I'm currently open to new career opportunities in the media, travel and tourism sectors.