Hugh and Nan Nicholson in a fire-stricken area of Terania Creek in November. (Photo by Terri Nicholson) The extent and ferociousness of recent bushfires in Australia has been devastating. It’s taken lives, destroyed homes and […]
Freelance journalist
Author: Peter Barrett
Freelance writer on food and culture, hack, dad, drummer, gardener, off-duty dandy and possible ratbag
Heavy weather: How can we end division over climate protests?
My story in the Sunday Age today looks at how history may help us create consensus on action to counter global warming. Picture of Extinction Rebellion protester Daniel Bleakley by Justin McManus. By Peter Barrett […]
I wrote a book
Very excited to receive an advance copy of People for the Planet: The story of Environment Victoria, a book I wrote (my first) on the history of Environment Victoria. I was commissioned to research and write […]
Royal Auto cover – Who will save the Great Ocean Road?
My story about tourism, development and the natural environment on the Great Ocean Road came out in RACV’s RoyalAuto magazine earlier this month. It has beautiful photographs by Oliver Munoz (see above) and looks at […]
di stasio’s guide to eating and drinking in venice
“If Rome is a living museum, then Venice is a dream,” says Rinaldo “Ronnie” Di Stasio. The Thornbury-born son of Italian migrants is a hospitality legend in Melbourne, best known for the groundbreaking restaurant Rosati in the […]
Dave Parker’s guide to the best eating and drinking in Argentina
Dave Parker fell in love with Argentina in 2004. As a law student, he had taken time off uni to travel Europe and South America. In Brazil he met an Argentinian girl who invited him […]
Melbourne’s pedestrian crush
I enjoyed researching and writing this feature for the April-May edition of RoyalAuto magazine (and with great pics by Eamon Gallagher). Having worked in and around Melbourne since the late ’90s I’ve noticed the CBD […]
