Food & wine, travel & lifestyle - freelance writing Tasmania
Since we live in one of the world's most beautiful places, I write occasional freelance pieces about food and wine, tourism, travel and lifestyle in Tasmania. Occasionally I take photographs, and I work with the Tamar Valley Wine Route as Communications Officer. My stories appear in Tasmania 40 South magazine, Good Food in The Age/SMH, Graziher, Selector and BBC Travel. If you're an editor looking for copy from a Tasmanian local, we're made for each other.
Portfolio - freelance and content writing - Fiona Stocker
Cataract Gorge - an unnaturally natural space
Tasmania 40 South magazine The true wilderness and indigenous heritage of Cataract Gorge is hidden beneath a layer of European artifice.
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Cumulus Studio - for City Prom Launceston's Winterlicious campaign
'Architecture is not what you see in glossy magazines, it’s about how people live in their spaces.'
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Soupalicious
Advertorial written for City Prom Launceston, appearing in Examiner 'Forget packed lunches and go Soupalicious for the month!'
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Old Brisbane Arcade
City Prom Launceston 'Once Launceston’s first hotel, the Old Brisbane Arcade now beckons customers in to a community of the city’s most long-lived and loved shops.'
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The Seagram Touch - Kim Seagram profile
Tasmanian 40 South Magazine 'When Kim Seagram applied her Canadian family values to the Tasmanian wine and food sectors, growth was inevitable.'
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Meet the Mulards - Strelleyfield Pastured Duck
Tasmanian 40 South Magazine 'Farmer Matt Crane grew keen to run a different kind of farming business for himself, one that was sustainable and had good farming ethics as well as economics at its core.'
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A Far Cry - the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart
Tasmanian 40 South Magazine 'I resolved to come back alone to properly absorb the stories which seep from the stones, from the silence, from the words etched into the steel panels lining Yard One’s entrance.'
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A Beer Brewed from an Old Tasmanian Shipwreck
BBC Travel 'After centuries at the bottom of the sea off Tasmania's treacherous north coast, bottled beer found on the sunken Sydney Cover merchant ship is being renewed and re-brewed.'
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The Supertaster - and a guide to Tasmanian truffles
Good Food, The Age/SMH 'There's a mild-mannered woman sitting opposite me in a honey shop in northern Tasmania, and she's having a Harry Met Sally moment.'
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The Science of Sparkling
Selector Magazine 'A Tasmanian scientist is set to pop the cork on the sparkling wine industry and change the world of wine as we know it.'
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From Lancashire schoolgirl to pig farmer in Tasmania, Fiona Stocker has turned her adventures into an amusing tale for armchair travellers
Lancashire Life |
Happiness Thing
City Prom Launceston 'As you’d expect of top Tasmanian marketers, they’ve got Launceston’s hottest and best winter secrets at their fingertips.'
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Coffee King
City Prom Launceston 'Devotees of the perfectly roasted single-origin or aromatic blend are seeking out this coffee scented corner of Kingsway.'
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Tea Party
City Prom Launceston 'Not just for tea fanciers, the shop is a goldmine of home and kitchen-wares, of delectable quality and variety.'
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Women in Wine
Tasmania 40 South 'Being a woman and a winemaker can be a useful point of difference, says Fran Austin, owner and winemaker at Delamere Vineyards in partnership with husband Shane Holloway.'
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Rousing the Ponrabbel
Tasmania 40 South 'Museum volunteer Don Heather has restored the port engine to magnificent working condition, a labour of love bearing testimony to the age of steel and fire, when engineering was built to last.'
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What the Butler Saw
Tasmania 40 South 'Imagine having a member of staff within your household dedicated to keeping the wine cellar stocked, the laundry fresh, vehicles fuelled, and faux pas in etiquette and appearance to a minimum.'
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A Wine for All Seasons
Tas 40 South 'As the wine rests in the belly of the glass, a pale, wheat-coloured pool, I can see why neither the seasons nor anything else should be a barrier to enjoying this particular drop.'
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Tuning In
Graziher 'Thousands of listeners know the mellifluous voice of Rose Grant, who for thirty years was one of those bringing us Rural Reports on ABC Radio.'
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Farmers Talking to Farmers
Graziher
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Salt of the Earth
Tasmania 40 South
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Fortune Favours the Brave
Graziher
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The Fruits of Her Labours
Graziher
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An Unexpected Career
Graziher
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President's Address
Winning Design 
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The Gorge, Launceston
Tasmania 40 South magazine
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Image: Melanie Kate Photography
Home Maker
City Prom Launceston |
Style Oasis
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Organic Food
Living the Dream
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A Drop in the Ocean
Living the Dream
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This (Twitchy) Life
Australian Review
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