Backstage access to a Ugandan village – travel feature for Broadsheet
Photo credit: Jiwon Kim
It’s the tail end of the wet season in Western Uganda. The smell of warm rain rises from dusty streets of...
Snow gums dieback threatens to leave alpine wasteland – The Australian newspaper
Published in The Australian Oct 5 2019
As a year 11 student in 1989 Matthew Brookhouse was on an Outward Bound course that nearly went...
‘Dying Shame’ – feature story for the Weekend Australian Magazine
Photo credit: Ricky French
There’s a photo 16-year-old Ivy McGufficke likes to look at every time she returns for the holidays to her family farm...
Parklife: celebrating Britain’s national treasures – The Australian newspaper
I’ve never before had such serendipity on an impulse buy. Browsing the shelves of London’s palatial Waterstones bookstore I pick up at random The...
“Of Castles and Rascals” – travel feature for The Australian newspaper T&I
An astounding castle transformation in England's Lakes District
Admit it, we’ve all been there. At some stage in our life we’ve all gotten into an...
“At the coalface” – The Australian newspaper T&I
For a moment I fear I’m the victim of an elaborate execution of reverse psychology. It’s early morning in Windermere, it’s damn cold and...
“Peak performance” travel feature for The Australian newspaper T&I
I’m met at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport by a curious sign on the wall that reads, “Go reversely prohibited.” The phrase becomes my mantra for...
“The air up there” – The Australian newspaper T&I
Scenic flights reveal Australia's beauty of the highest order - composite feature for The Australian newspaper T&I
Photo credit: Ricky French