ABOUT MARIE BARBIERI
Freelancing for inflight and international travel publications, UK-born travel writer and photographer, Marie Barbieri, has been planting footsteps across the globe for over 20 years. Now an Australian citizen, she continues to hop between hemispheres writing for UK and Australian magazines.
Marie has contributed to a diverse range of titles. Clients include: Jetstar, Islands, Paradise, Baltic Outlook, Going Places and Yeahbaby in-flight magazines, Wanderlust, Australia & New Zealand, Italia, Luxury Travel & Style, Holidays for Couples, Style Tropical North Queensland, Australian Coast & Country, Great Walks, Let's Travel, Asian Geographic Passport and Stamford Life (Stamford Hotels' guest magazine).
Marie spent several years living, working and travelling in Australia before becoming naturalised. She has an in-depth knowledge of the country’s east coast, particularly in and around Sydney, where she lived before finally settling in Adelaide. She now devotes most of her time to freelance projects within South Australia, as well as completing assignments on subjects in other states.
Recent travels have had Marie motu-hopping in the Polynesian splendour of the Cook Islands, camel-riding along the Fleurieu Peninsula, rambling across Kangaroo Island, cycling the Gold Coast, hiking the Flinders Ranges, flying over Lake Eyre, burning adrenaline on Hamilton Island, exploring the isolated wilderness of Tasmania's Bay of Fires region, wining and dining in the Barossa Valley and getting intimate with the marine life of Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef.
Upcoming travels will take Marie to the colours, temperatures and curvatures of Cairns and the tropical north, various regions in Tasmania and South Australia's Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas.
Marie has also explored: New Zealand's North Island (particularly the Bay of Islands and Rotorua); the east and west coasts of America (particularly San Francisco); the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Barbados and Aruba; the Greek islands of Amorgos, Koufonissi, Mykonos, Santorini, Crete and Paxos; the Italian regions of Parma, Piacenza, Pavia, Lake Garda and Capri; France's Gorges du Verdon and the Azorean island of Sao Miguel.
Special interests:
Marie enjoys long-distance, theme-based rail travel, and is an avid bushwalker and cyclist often commissioned for outdoor and nature-based activity features.
Marie is also a fully qualified complementary therapist. She ran her own therapy business in the UK for six years prior to her move to Australia, practising: Swedish body massage, aromatherapy massage, reflexology, thermal auricular therapy (Hopi ear candles), Indian head massage, holistic facial massage and nutritional therapy. Health publications Marie’s work has featured in include: Australian Natural Health, Fitness First, Nature & Health, Yoga Magazine and Massage Magazine. She is also a complementary health columnist for Bicycling Australia.
Marie has an extensive photography archive (samples can be viewed in the PHOTO GALLERY) and she can provide professional, high-resolution digital images. She is available to discuss feature or photography assignments, including words/pictures packages on any of the above subjects.
Marie has contributed to a diverse range of titles. Clients include: Jetstar, Islands, Paradise, Baltic Outlook, Going Places and Yeahbaby in-flight magazines, Wanderlust, Australia & New Zealand, Italia, Luxury Travel & Style, Holidays for Couples, Style Tropical North Queensland, Australian Coast & Country, Great Walks, Let's Travel, Asian Geographic Passport and Stamford Life (Stamford Hotels' guest magazine).
Marie spent several years living, working and travelling in Australia before becoming naturalised. She has an in-depth knowledge of the country’s east coast, particularly in and around Sydney, where she lived before finally settling in Adelaide. She now devotes most of her time to freelance projects within South Australia, as well as completing assignments on subjects in other states.
Recent travels have had Marie motu-hopping in the Polynesian splendour of the Cook Islands, camel-riding along the Fleurieu Peninsula, rambling across Kangaroo Island, cycling the Gold Coast, hiking the Flinders Ranges, flying over Lake Eyre, burning adrenaline on Hamilton Island, exploring the isolated wilderness of Tasmania's Bay of Fires region, wining and dining in the Barossa Valley and getting intimate with the marine life of Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef.
Upcoming travels will take Marie to the colours, temperatures and curvatures of Cairns and the tropical north, various regions in Tasmania and South Australia's Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas.
Marie has also explored: New Zealand's North Island (particularly the Bay of Islands and Rotorua); the east and west coasts of America (particularly San Francisco); the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Barbados and Aruba; the Greek islands of Amorgos, Koufonissi, Mykonos, Santorini, Crete and Paxos; the Italian regions of Parma, Piacenza, Pavia, Lake Garda and Capri; France's Gorges du Verdon and the Azorean island of Sao Miguel.
Special interests:
Marie enjoys long-distance, theme-based rail travel, and is an avid bushwalker and cyclist often commissioned for outdoor and nature-based activity features.
Marie is also a fully qualified complementary therapist. She ran her own therapy business in the UK for six years prior to her move to Australia, practising: Swedish body massage, aromatherapy massage, reflexology, thermal auricular therapy (Hopi ear candles), Indian head massage, holistic facial massage and nutritional therapy. Health publications Marie’s work has featured in include: Australian Natural Health, Fitness First, Nature & Health, Yoga Magazine and Massage Magazine. She is also a complementary health columnist for Bicycling Australia.
Marie has an extensive photography archive (samples can be viewed in the PHOTO GALLERY) and she can provide professional, high-resolution digital images. She is available to discuss feature or photography assignments, including words/pictures packages on any of the above subjects.
