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Victoria’s alpine region guide – Broadsheet
Photo credit: Ricky French
What to see, eat and do in Victoria's alpine region.
Words and photos by Ricky French.
“A debate gone feral” – cover story for the Weekend Australian Magazine
Photo credit: Jason Edward
The ute pulls up behind me with its engine running. Should I stop or should I run? All around, snow thickly...
Victoria’s High Country guide – Broadsheet
Photo credits: Ricky French
The Victorian High Country around Mansfield and Mt Buller is a bushwalker’s paradise. The closest true alpine area to Melbourne, you...
Walls of Jerusalem, Tasmania’s true jewels – Wild magazine
Photo credits: Ricky French
Read the full story in Wild magazine, issue#169.
Model Citizen – the Dale Smith story, Outback magazine
Dale Smith creates incredibly detailed, perfect miniature-sized replicas of many of the items you find on a farm.
Photo credits: Ricky French
You can’t do that,” isn’t...
Asbestos Cottage part 1 – column for the Big Issue
Photo credit: Ricky French
As far as accommodation options go, Asbestos Cottage is unlikely to end up on any New Zealand tourism brochures. A good...
Asbestos Cottage part 2 – column for The Big Issue
Photo credit: Ricky French
This is the second part of the story of two lifetimes. Last month I wrote of Henry and Annie Chaffey, subjects...
“The Italian Job” – cover story for Tiger Airways in-flight magazine, March/April 2018
Will a new generation embrace our cities old Italian Clubs?
Photo credit: Samara Clifford
It’s the fireplace where the magic happens. The magic of warmth and...
“Still Rocking” – Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, feature story for Outback Magazine
A journey through the deepest layers of rock and family
Photo credit: Ricky French
Fifty years after geologist Reg Sprigg purchased the lease for Arkaroola in...
Interview with The Wheeler Centre – “Working with words”
Interview with Ricky French by The Wheeler Centre.Ricky French is a Melbourne-based journalist who specialises in longform and creative non-fiction. He writes regularly for the Weekend...