Known as the “Queensland Expert” for ‘The Telegraph’, Lee Mylne’s journalism is enjoyed around the world thanks to her expertise in travel and tourism. As a writer of many travel books including ‘Explore Australia’ and ‘Frommer’s Portable Australia’s Great Barrier Reef’, she shares the vast knowledge which has gained her many national awards. She joins Georgina Godwin in Brisbane, Australia, to discuss her career so far, where travel writing sits within journalism and her dream locations to cover. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hello, this is Meet the Writers.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
My guest today is an Australian journalist specializing in travel and tourism.
She fell into her career quite literally.
She's a regular contributor to a wide range of print and online publications including holding the role of Queensland expert travel writer for the Telegraph.
She's won the best travel and tourism news story category of the Australian Society of Travel Writer Awards for Excellence.
She was a finalist in others including Travel Book of the Year for her book A Gl Glass Half Full.
She's the best selling author of various works including Frommers Easy Guide to Australia, Rough Guide to Australia and countless others.
Her latest work released this year includes Sustainable Travel for Dummies and the publication of the academic book Rethinking Travel Writing.
I spoke to her earlier this year in Brisbane discussing her career and future plans.
Lee Milne, welcome to Meet the Writers.
Lee, you say that you're an accidental travel writer.
That's not what you set out to do.
So how did it happen?
Well, accidentally I had been a newspaper journalist.
I had just had a baby, my first child.
I was approached by somebody who was looking for a stringer, a freelance to work in Queensland, where I live, and they said memorably, you can do it, it'll be easy.
You can do it while the baby's asleep.
Didn't quite work out that way, but it was for a travel trade magazine.
So they weren't after what we would think of as a travel writer.