MERYL BROWN TOBIN
NON-FICTION
Meryl Brown Tobin and her husband, Hartley Tobin, whose photography illustrates her travel articles and her book, Exploring Outback Australia, have travelled extensively throughout Australia and had several trips overseas.
Her travel articles have appeared in numerous Australian publications, including The Age and Sun, and she was a long-time regular contributor to the Australian travel magazines, Aussie RV’s Trader and RVS Downunder.
ARTICLES: TRAVEL
Publications
Australia
The Age; The Advertiser (SA); Artlook; Aussie RV’s Trader; Australian Outdoors; Caravan & Camping Guide; AustralAsian Holiday; Australasian Post; Caravan World; GEO Australasia Magazine; Newcastle Herald; Northern Perspective; Northern Sun; On the Road; Panorama; Phoenix Australia; POL; The Road Ahead; Royal Auto; RVs Downunder; Signature; Society of Women Writers Victoria Christmas Competition 2003 Winning Entries and Judges Comments; Sun; Sunday Sun; Town & Country; The Road Ahead
Overseas
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly
BOOK: TRAVEL/AUSTRALIANA
Exploring Outback Australia, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW, Australia, 1988
Meryl Brown Tobin and her husband, Hartley Tobin, who took the photos for the book, have been interviewed on the Australian Broadcasting Commission by Terry Lane and Pru Goward, and Meryl has also been interviewed on Radio 2WEB, Bourke, NSW and 3MFM.
ARTICLES, OTHER
Publications where featured
Australia
ASA (Australian Soceity of Authors) Newsletter; ARFRA (Australian Rare Fauna Research) Newsletter; Australian Teacher; Bass Coast Post; Bass Valley News; Challenge; Eastern Post Gazette; Education Magazine; Expression Australia; Free XpresSion; Free Press; Growing Australian (Australian Plants Society Victoria); Herald-Sun; Ferntree Gully Belgrave Star Mail; Knox-Sherbrooke Gazette; Knox Leader; Knox-Sherbrooke News; MARCA (Mystery Animal Centre of Australia) Newsletter; Mirror (Foster; Parkwatch; Phillip Island & San Remo Advertiser; Positive Words; Single Life; South Gippsland Sentinel Times; South Gippsland Conservation Society Newsletter; South Gippsland Voices; The Age; The Mirror (Foster); The Star, Leongatha; Veteran Athlete; The Australian Women’s Weekly; The Australian Writer; The Waterline News; Westerly; Woman’s Day; Write Away: Newsletter of The Society of Women Writers Victoria; Writer’s Friend
To read some of these articles on the Internet, google Meryl Brown Tobin. For numerous articles on the environment and other issues, go to Bass Coast Post on https://www.basscoastpost.com/ and do a search on Meryl Brown Tobin and go to The Waterline News on https://www.waterlinenews.com.au/waterlinesearch.html.
MAIN AWARDS for Non-Fiction Writing
'Eat Chocolate: Save the Bilby ' 1st, Best Article, SWWVic Christmas Comps, 2001
Devil’s Icecream Vendor 3rd, Best Article, Christmas Comps, SWWVic