The 2012 Travel Journalism Awards night was held on the beautiful Indonesian island of Lombok, courtesy of Garuda Indonesia, Accor and Novotel Lombok, Visit Indonesia and Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.
The ASTW honoured its best and brightest – writers, photographers and public relations professionals –at an awards dinner to remember, on the beach and under the stars at the Novotel Lombok on 27 October, 2012.
The three major awards of the evening went to…
Read Louise’s portfolio of winning stories:
Wild at heart (Madagascar), The Sydney Morning Herald, February 2012
Frontier kingdom (Mustang), The Sydney Morning Herald, April 2012
Frozen in time (Antarctica), WellBeing magazine, August 2011
Travel Writer of the Year finalists were:
Brian Johnston – Life measured in tapas, St Petersburg, Flinders walking – all The Sydney Morning Herald
Louise Southerden – Wild at heart (Madagascar), Frontier kingdom, both The Sydney Morning Herald; Frozen in time, WellBeing
Sean Mooney – Camping for beginners, Rhythm and blue, Poetry in motion – all The Sydney Morning Herald
This award was proudly sponsored by South Africa Tourism and Virgin Limited Edition.
Photographer of the Year finalists were:
Louise Southerden
Cathy Finch
Barry O’Brien
This award was proudly sponsored by Papua New Guinea Tourism.
Communicator of the Year finalists were:
Lynne Ireland
Pongsak Kanittanon
Tessa Anderssen
Sarah Anderson
Astrid Mulholland
This award was sponsored by TravMedia.
Other winners and finalists:
Finalists:
Sean Mooney – Camelids and carriages await – The Sydney Morning Herald
Marian McGuinness – Outback NSW, where cowboys race the clock – The Sun-Herald
Rob McFarland – Welcome to Reefworld – The Star (Kuala Lumpur)
Finalists:
Lee Mylne – Call of the wild and wondrous – Royal Auto
Kerry van der Jagt – Temptation of the fresh – The Sun-Herald
Kerry van der Jagt – The mist and the mystical – The Sun-Herald
Finalists:
Kay O’Sullivan – To market, to market – thehoopla.com.au
Christina Pfeiffer – Stalk a killer – Escape, The Courier Mail
Robert Upe – Served by the Lunch Lady – The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald
Finalists:
Brian Johnston – Life measured in tapas – The Sydney Morning Herald
Caroline Gladstone – Clooney’s lake views – The Sun-Herald
Brian Johnston – Vienna Design – Escape, News Ltd
Finalists:
Daniel Scott – Hamlet on two wheels – The Sydney Morning Herald
Louise Southerden – Wild at heart (Madagascar) – The Sydney Morning Herald
John Borthwick – Cruising the coast – The Sun-Herald
Finalists:
Luke Wright – The last wild island – Get Lost
Kris Madden – Doing the right thing – Get Lost
Lee Mylne – Getting the gibbon experience – Geographical
Finalists:
Kris Madden – Insurance: it’s all in the fine print – Traveltalk
Kris Madden – World spotlight shines on Burma – Traveltalk
Kris Madden – Can the flying kangaroo bounce back? – Traveltalk
Finalists:
Craig Platt – One metre from death: a dip in the world’s most spectacular pool – smh.com.au
Louise Southerden – Christmas (Island) in April – noimpactgirl.blogspot.com.au
Len Rutledge – Experience Norway – amazon.com
Finalists:
Lee Atkinson – Australian Road Trips – itunes.apple.com/au/app/australian-road-trips
Alison Plummer – Stratford and West Midlands: As you like it – itunes.apple.com/md/app/stratford-west-midlandsitunes.apple.com/md/app/stratford-west-midlands
Patrick Horton – itunes.apple.com/us/app/sutroworld
Susan Gough Henly – Australia: where to go – itunes.apple.com/au/app/australia-where-to-go
Finalists:
Canadian Tourism
Tourism Tasmania
Vanuatu Tourism
South Africa Tourism
Tourism Victoria
Finalists:
Accor
Active Travel
(There are no finalists for this award – the winner is selected by the ASTW Board.)
