Rod is an energetic freelance writer, photographer, broadcaster and travel editor with more than 30 years professional media experience. He holds tertiary qualifications in journalism from the University of Queensland and spent three years as a lecturer in Photojournalism at Charles Sturt University, Mitchell.

Rod has a bent on unusual and emerging locations with a dash of adventure. His work regularly appears in newspapers, magazines and websites around the world, particularly in the realm of small-ship and adventure/expedition cruising.

He also covers the domestic and international hospitality sector and is a long-standing judge for the annual HM Awards.

More recently he has put his considerable travel experience to good use by undertaking speaking and guiding roles aboard cruise ships. At time of writing, he has delivered enrichment sessions aboard Seabourn, Ponant, Royal Caribbean, One Ocean and Heritage Expeditions.

Rod won a coveted PATA Gold Award 2016 for destination journalism. In 2019 and 2015 he was a runner-up in the AFTA award for 'Best Travel Writer' as well as a finalist in the CLIA Media awards. In 2018, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2008 and 2005 Rod was a category winner at the ASTW Travel Writing Awards and a finalist in 2019, 2011, 2009, 2007 and 2006. In 2013, Rod won a second ASTW Travel Photographer of the Year award and in 1997 he was nominated for a Nikon-Walkley Award in the category of News Photograph.

Please visit www.travography.com for recent editorial and pictorial work, or www.traveloscopy.com for travel and tourism news sites.

Photographic Library: www.flickr.com/photos/rodeime/sets
(Includes thousands of original and PR-supplied images to support stories.)