Blogging
During my extended maternity leave in 2011, I started a food and travel blog, The Hungry Australian, which quickly led to a full-time career as a food and travel creator working with local and international F&B brands, media outlets, travel operators, and tourism boards. Over the next 15 years, I published over 300 stories and recipes, reviews, photography and interviews.
The Hungry Australian was the national winner of the Australian Writers’ Center’s Best Australian Blogs 2014 competition, out of 1,100+ entries. I also won the Outstanding Use of Photography award in the same competition the previous year for my story on Dubai’s markets and souks.
The Hungry Australian was featured in Apple’s iPad marketing campaigns for the Australian market, and on Apple products across the Apple Australia website.
In 2017, I retired from food and travel blogging to focus on other projects, however, The Hungry Australian remains online as a love letter to food, travel and story-telling, and a recipe resource.