Meet the reporter: If a possum is in peril I’ll be there!

The Australian South West is one of the largest biodiversity hotspots on Earth, a patchwork of pristine bushland scattered amongst rolling farmland and quaint tiny towns, all with creatures as strange as they are unique hopping through.

And, I absolutely love it.

Being outside, camera in hand, trying to take it all in as the world churns over. To me there is nothing better.

Growing up I would aim to explore. From drizzly creeks in Scotland, to the snowy wilderness of Canada, or the rich forests of gumtrees here in Australia, I am lucky enough to have seen it all.

Accompanying this desire to travel was a passion for photography. At 10 I was gifted my first camera, I then spent the few next years running through a bushland taking sub-par pictures of whatever crossed my path.

It wasn’t until halfway through my photography degree at Murdoch University that journalism crossed my mind.

When it did, it was an instant eureka moment. I had found a way to explore my passions by using photography to enhance my storytelling.

Safe to say, one of the things I am most passionate about is the environment.

In the past years I have been fortunate enough to work with prowling possums, sea turtles struggling up sandbanks in Exmouth and shark fishermen turned tourism directors off the coast of Indonesia.

Today I find myself working on the Harvey-Waroona Reporter and sticking my hand up for any environmental story I can get my hands on.

It’s been a phenomenal few months since jumping into this new role.

Getting down to it, there is nothing I like more than meeting people with wonderful stories they are hoping to share with the community.

If there’s a tree that’s being unjustly cut down, a possum in peril or you just want a pretty picture taken, I’m there.