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2017 Winner, Explore Canada Award of Excellence ('Vibrant Cities' category) for 'Heart of the Prairie'
2017 Gold South Australian Tourism Award for 'Stay an Extra Day' campaign ('Local Government Award for Tourism' category); plus Silver ('Destination Marketing' category). Acting as copywriter/campaign creative for Peterborough Tourism.
2016 Silver Award for 'Altered States', from North American Travel Journalists Association, Overseas Publication
2016 Bronze Award for 'Travels with Jack', from North American Travel Journalists Association, Destination Travel, Family Travel
2015 Gold South Australia Tourism Award for Heritage Rail Trail ('Destination Marketing' category). Acting as copywriter/campaign creative for Peterborough Tourism.
2015 Bronze Award for 'Writes of Way', from North American Travel Journalists Association, Destination Travel, Domestic Newspaper - Greater than 250,000 Circulation
2014 SA Media Award Winner, Best Freelance Contributor
2013 Australia’s Regional Publication of the Year, awarded to Adelaide Hills Magazine at the Publisher’s Australia Excellence Awards
2013 SA Media Award Winner, Best Freelance Contributor
2013 Bronze Award for 'King of the Road', from North American Travel Journalists Association, Destination Travel, Domestic Newspaper - Greater than 250,000 Circulation
2013 Silver Award for 'King of the Road', from North American Travel Journalists Association, Special Focus Travel Articles – Print: Intergenerational and Family Travel
2012 Australia’s Regional Publication of the Year, awarded to Adelaide Hills Magazine at the Publisher’s Australia Excellence Awards
2011 SA Media Awards Finalist, Best Freelance Contributor
2010 Australia’s Regional Publication of the Year, awarded to Adelaide Hills Magazine at the Publisher’s Australia Excellence Awards
2010 Winner Archbishop’s Media Citation
2007 SA Media Awards Finalist, Best Freelance Contributor
2006 SA Media Award Winner, Best Freelance Contributor
2006 SA Media Awards Finalist, Best Print News Feature
2001 British Travel Journalist of the Year
2001 Travelex Winner: Best Broadsheet Feature (UK)
1998 Finalist (two entries) for 1998 Carlton & United Best Australian Sports Writing