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Category Archive: Travel writing

Opinion piece: seven sins Melbourne road users will punish you for

I had my first opinion piece published in the Age today. You can read it online at Fairfax […]

November 21, 2016 Issues, Travel writing

Going underground in Vietnam

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The view back towards our accommodation for the evening: an underground beach inside Hang En, the world’s third […]

October 25, 2016 Travel writing

Lifestyle Traveller: escape to mai chau

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Our overseas adventure continues. This week we bring you a letter from Mai Chau, in north-west Vietnam, where […]

July 29, 2016 Lifestyle, People, Travel writing

David Thompson’s top-five Bangkok street foods

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A glimpse of Thai street food from David Thompson’s TV show for SBS. Photo: SBS. 5 July, 2016 By […]

July 5, 2016 Food, Lifestyle, People, Travel writing

We’re having (another) baby!

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My assistant, Alby Barrett, and me, surveying our new office in Vietnam. Photo: Emma Byrnes. Well, sort of. I’m […]

June 28, 2016 Business, Lifestyle, News, People, Travel writing

On a mountain high with the king and I

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A farmer harvesting choko sprouts in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo: Peter Barrett. Peter Barrett takes a culinary tour […]

April 30, 2016 Food, Issues, Lifestyle, People, Travel writing

My stories in this month’s Jetstar mag

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I’ve been busy in April 2016’s Jetstar magazine with four stories. They include my regular male grooming column […]

April 19, 2016 Lifestyle, Music, People, Travel writing

Suits you – my latest Jetstar column on camping in style

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IT WASN’T THE snakes. It wasn’t even the tick that lodged itself deep in my armpit. It was […]

March 11, 2016 Lifestyle, Travel writing

Best places to eat and drink in the Adelaide Hills

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Wheel estate: Bridgewater Mill Restaurant offers “posh platters”. Photo: Supplied. Peter Barrett Few visitors leave this rolling, bucolic, […]

March 7, 2016 Food, Lifestyle, Travel writing

My Melbourne: story for Virgin Australia’s Voyeur magazine

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If you’re flying Virgin this month look out for my story about Melbourne on page 68 of the […]

December 3, 2015 Lifestyle, People, Travel writing

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