Phil started writing about travel when he got bored investigating or analysing the music industry. He's penned travel articles for inflight magazines such as Qantas and Continental, done pieces for newspapers and mainstream media, even a few for street press.
His major travel series started with Business Review Weekly magazine--the Australian equivalent of Forbes or Fortune--where his pieces were targeted at time-poor but cash-rich people who needed to plan no-fail holidays without regard to cost. The BRW Brio Magazine was where it started as an insert and many of his articles ended up online, but now behind the BRW firewall.
In September 2007, he was asked by travel editor Peter Holmes of the Sunday Telegraph--Australia's most-read Sunday paper--to do a series of pieces on lifestyle travel with a focus on his former homeland, the US, his knowledge of music festivals and genres as well as exotic locales. Many of these have been syndicated to other newspapers through News Limited and appear on the News.com.au website and Escape Magazine website.
Following his retirement from publishing in late 2010, he picked up two continuing assignments. He is the Roving Travel Editor for Street Press Australia--a group of music, arts, culture and lifestyle publications in Sydney (Drum Media), Melbourne (Inpress), Brisbane (Time Off), Perth (Drum Perth) and the East Coast (3D World). He's also doing a regular feature spotlighting music cities overseas, their festivals, quirky accommodation and native food sources. These started with New Orleans in April 2011 and Austin in June.
He's also penned pet travel pieces as a Come Sit Stay column with Urban Animal Magazine since 2004 giving tips on the best pet friendly accommodation within easy reach of Sydney by car.
In reverse order, here are the continuously updated series of Tripp's adventures. Some are direct links to existing websites of the media he writes for, others are PDFs or JPGs of articles in easy to download sections. We've included both where the print edition has extra photos.
Memphis |
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Good Organic Gardening Magazine |
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Chicago |
PDF (1.5 MB) |
Time of Your Life On Island of Two Halves--Heron Island |
JPEG (1 MB) JPEG (1 MB) |
Perfection On Lord Howe Island |
JPEG (.5 MB) HTML (1 MB) |
Boston |
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Load of Aloha in Hawaii Stopover--48 Hours in Honolulu |
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Los Angeles |
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Sneaky Tiki Flying Visit |
JPG (1.5 MB) |
Nashville |
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Hello Hawaii |
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Hello Hawaii |
PDF (2 MB) |
Hawaii |
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San Francisco Music & Food |
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Make the Most of the Big Island |
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Tasty Tahiti: High Tea or A La Cart |
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From Hilo to Hawi: Make The Most of Hawaii's Big Island |
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Take A Tripp - A Glimpse of Austin |
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Breakfast On The Bayous |
PDF (274 KB) |
Take A Tripp - Nawlins |
PDF (274 KB) |
Cracklin' Yarn Draws a Blanc |
PDF (3 MB) |
Chile con Queso--The Cheese Dip Drug of the Southwest |
JPEG (2.2 MB) |
Rocking & Rolling by Rail & Bus |
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An Article on Phil's Office Cooking |
JPEG (1.1 MB) |
Finger Picking Good Music of Hawaii |
PDF (104 KB) |
Barbecue Galore |
PDF (1 MB) |
Pacific Keys |
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In Harmony With Hawaii |
JPEG (1.1 MB) |
Tasty Travelling: Texas' Barbeque Belt |
JPEG (962 KB) |
Shop 'Til You Drop in Hawaii |
JPEG (922 KB) |
Island-hop to the shops |
JPEG (1.6MB) |
Ticket to Ride in Splendour: South Africa's Blue Train |
JPEG (1.1 MB) |
Love and Carriage: The Old World Allure Of Seeing Canada By Rail |
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Ain't No Blues On This Bayou |
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Guide To Pet Holidays |
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New Zealand's Red Centre--In Pursuit of NZ's Perfect Pinot |
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Nature's Palette Is A Materpiece In The Fall--The Hills Are Alive With Colour When Autumn Arrives In North America |
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How To Make The Most Of Moorea's Mighty Marvels |
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Hawaii's Heart Lies Beyond The Bright Lights Of Honolulu |
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The Good Times Roll in New Orleans |
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Apache Spirit Country That Soothes The Modern Soul-- |
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Soak Up The Rich And Spicy Stew Of New Orleans |
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Taste of the Islands: Hawaiian Regional Cuisine Cover Feature |
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Jewel of the California Coast |
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Austin: Alive & Smokin', Steaks A Claim to Rock Legend |
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Austin: Alive & Smokin', Steaks A Claim to Rock Legend |
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Kona: A Coffee Addict's Dream Escape |
Prior to that, he did a series of travel and lifestyle pieces for Business Review Weekly and its Brio magazine offshoot.
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Amsterdam: Dutch Treat |
PDF (416 KB) |
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N'Awlins: Food Booze & All That Jazz |
PDF (428 KB) |
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Miami: Fast, Curious & Gorgeous |
PDF (516 KB) |
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Hawaii: An Island In The Sun |
PDF (384 KB) |
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History of Hawaiian Shirts |
PDF (292 KB) |
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Scuba Diving For The Uninitiated |
PDF (264 KB) |
Urban Animal--Come! Sit! Stay!--Pet Friendly Travel
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Y'All Come Back Now, Hear?--Four Faves |
PDF (208 KB) |
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We Can't Stop Wining--Hunter Valley |
PDF (660 KB) |
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Call of the Wild--Ruffing It |
PDF (452 KB) |
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Canines Travel To Our Nation's Capitol |
PDF (648 KB) |
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Luxury In The Middle of Sydney |
PDF (1.3 MB) |
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Into The Twilight Zone At The Fibro Majestic |
PDF (1.7 MB) |
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Getting Sand Up Your Cossie--Central Coast |
PDF (812 KB) |
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Paw Wheel Driving--4WD Adventures |
PDF (484 KB) |
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Curling Up At The Love Shack--Ulladulla |
PDF (528 KB) |
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Riverwood Downs |
PDF (380 KB) |
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Hunter Valley Hideaway |
PDF (520 KB) |
Phil also has an incredible array of travel advice and destination information for his favourite spots continually updated.
