About

Hi, I am Michael Day. I am a Brisbane-based senior travel writer and award-winning journalist.

These travel reports and international feature specials have been selected from my published work.

Countries covered in these stories include Italy, Indonesia, Romania, China, New Zealand, Australia, East Timor, Japan, and Israel with more soon to be posted from other countries. For example, stories from Canadian and Mexican assignments will be posted soon on this site.

Here I am, inconspicuous, in East Java, Indonesia.

Please contact me if you would like me to write about your country, region, activity: email me at day19 [at]iinet.net.au

Of course, use @ instead of [at] when you send the actual email. I have set out my email address this way to avoid spam.

The stories and photos on Daybeat are copyright but feel free to contact me for permission to reproduce them.

I am grateful for the many excellent photographs by travel photographer Chris Day, whose work been widely published by magazines and newspapers. She is also a writer: see http://52secretsofpsychology.wordpress.com/

Travel photographer Chris Day (Photo: Michael Day)

I am also appreciative of the care taken by travel editors in the presentation of my material, and in particular to Stephen Scourfield of The West Australian newspaper.

As a comedian recently said: “Awards are meaningless unless they are given to me.” So feel free to ascribe any meaning to the following awards that have come my way as a reporter, foreign correspondent and feature writer:

(1) Australian national award

Best print media news report on education in Australia. Awarded by Australian Council of Deans of Education

(2) Western Australia awards

Perth Press Club Award for consistent excellence in journalism.
Finalist for best investigative writing in national journalism (Walkley) awards
Best contribution to Western Australian newspaper or
periodical: The Arthur Lovekin prize. Awarded by the University of WA

My aim in travel writing is to entertain you at the same times as giving you some useful information.