Belinda Jackson

Writers bio:
How much decoration can you bring to a hiking tent? Belinda Jackson is an Australian journalist specialising in travel and design, at times two contrasting disciplines. She can bear the five-star treatment, but has lived in a hiking tent for up to four months at a time. Using Ireland as a base, she explored eastern and western Europe for many years, from French B&Bs to camping on the Russian-Georgian border at the foot of Mt Elbrus. She has visited all continents, but is now back home and based in Melbourne, where she is rediscovering and finding new favourite locations, particularly in remote central Australia. She speaks Spanish badly, rides horses badly and is currently having a love affair with South America in a bid to rectify both shortcomings. She shoots her own photography but is herself unphotogenic.