Regis St Louis' love of Australia has taken him all along the coast, through the captivating markets of Melbourne, along Sydney's scenic headlands and through the rainforests and tropical Islands of Queensland. On his most recent trip, he watched whales off North Stradbroke Island, introduced his daughters to cuddly koalas at Lone Pine Sanctuary and enjoyed a bit of mayhem during the lively Brisbane Festival.
Regis has contributed to more than 30 Lonely Planet titles, including the latest Queensland & Great Barrier Reef guide. When not travelling the world, he splits his time between New York City and Sydney. Jayne D'Arcy ; Growing up in the Victorian seaside suburb of Frankston had its advantages for Jayne; it motivated her to catch the Met through all three zones to hang out in Prahran's Greville St, Fitzroy's Brunswick St, St Kilda and the Queen Vic market.
After a longish spell working in community radio in East Timor, she finally settled with her family in Melbourne's vibrant north. When she's not riding her 1970s folding bike around North Fitzroy or pretending to renovate, Jayne writes for The Age. Jayne has contributed to eight Lonely Planet guides. Sarah was born in rural New South Wales, raised in Sydney, studied at the Australian National University in Canberra and has since lived in Amsterdam, New York and Buenos Aires.
As a writer, she cut her teeth on the Big Apple's tabloids before moving home to work in TV current affairs. She has contributed to several Lonely Planet guides and is now based in Sydney once more, making her living as a free-lance writer and a researcher for film and TV. She is currently writing her first book of non-fiction. Paul Harding : Melbourne-born but country-raised, Paul spent childhood summers in the Gippsland Lakes, and later plenty of road trips up the East Coast of Australia.
He's since seen (and written about) a good part of the world, but still calls this part of Australia home. For this edition, Paul travelled the length and breadth of beautiful Gippsland, occasionally finding time to down the notebook and hit the beach. A freelance writer and photographer, Paul has contributed to more than 30 Lonely Planet guides, including numerous Australian titles.