My 40 year love affair
It was 40 years ago this winter that I first clicked into a pair of skis, and from that very first incredibly scary green run at Falls...
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Hi, I’m Brian Thacker, an award-winning travel author, travel writer, travel podcaster,
travel blogger, travel marketer and travel junkie.
I’m a British-born Australian who lives in the U.S. Yes, I'm confused, too.
I've written seven travel books, write travel articles for publications in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, write and host travel podcasts and work as a creative and copywriter on tourism and travel accounts.
It all began with Rule No.5: No Sex on the Bus.
Following that came Planes, Trains & Elephants,
The Naked Man Festival, Where's Wallis?, I'm not eating any of that Foreign Muck, Tell Them to Get Lost and 'Travel Book of the Year' Sleeping Around.
I started working for Armchair Productions (the audio experts for the travel industry) in January 2022. My roles include research, ideation, producing, script writing and hosting of podcasts on clients from Travel Oregon to Travel South Dakota to Visit Palm Springs.
My most recent work has appeared in Vacations & Travel, Traveller (the Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and WAtoday), Ski & Snowboard with Kids, Out & About with Kids, New Zealand Herald, The Times, Nat Geo Traveller, JRNY Magazine and Family Traveller.
I take photos for my travel articles (and Instagram of course). The funny thing is that nowadays the images that I shoot for articles can be from my whiz-bang camera or my iPhone. See if you can
you tell the difference?
I have worked as a creative director, art director and copywriter on Tourism Noosa, Visit Victoria, Canberra Tourism, Mt Buller, Tourism North Vietnam, Club Med, Tourism Victoria, Intrepid Travel, Fiji Tourism, Mt Isa Tourism and Christmas & Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
I'm no Spielberg, but I do like shooting and editing videos from my travels. It's amazing what you can do with a GoPro and an iPhone. I've thrown together videos from trips to Colorado, Palm Springs, Idaho, South Dakota, South Carolina and Wyoming.
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