Lifestyle Traveller
Lifestyle Traveller
words: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesMay 01, 2018

orpheus island: an australian paradise

words: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesMay 01, 2018
orpheus island: an australian paradise
adventure, canadawords + photography: Peter BarrettFebruary 06, 2018

northwest canada

adventure, canadawords + photography: Peter BarrettFebruary 06, 2018
northwest canada
food, road trip, australia, mornington peninsulawords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJanuary 18, 2018

road tour the mornington peninsula

food, road trip, australia, mornington peninsulawords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJanuary 18, 2018
road tour the mornington peninsula
food, northern thailand, thailandwords + photography: Peter BarrettSeptember 25, 2017

on a mountain high with the king and I

food, northern thailand, thailandwords + photography: Peter BarrettSeptember 25, 2017
on a mountain high with the king and I
saigon, vietnam, shopping, ho chi minhwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesMay 10, 2017

getting hip in ho chi minh

saigon, vietnam, shopping, ho chi minhwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesMay 10, 2017
getting hip in ho chi minh
vietnam, adventure, phong nhawords + photography: Peter BarrettJanuary 14, 2017

cave trekking in vietnam

vietnam, adventure, phong nhawords + photography: Peter BarrettJanuary 14, 2017
cave trekking in vietnam
hoian, food, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesAugust 06, 2016

battle of the banh mi

hoian, food, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesAugust 06, 2016
battle of the banh mi
vietnam, mai chauwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJuly 29, 2016places, mai chau, vietnam

escape to mai chau

vietnam, mai chauwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJuly 29, 2016places, mai chau, vietnam
escape to mai chau
hoian, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJuly 09, 2016make, lanterns, hoian

lanterns of hoi an

hoian, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJuly 09, 2016make, lanterns, hoian
lanterns of hoi an
can tho, food, market, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 24, 2016taste

can tho floating market

can tho, food, market, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 24, 2016taste
can tho floating market
hoian, vietnam, market, foodwords + photography: Emma ByrnesJune 23, 2016taste

fishing in hoian

hoian, vietnam, market, foodwords + photography: Emma ByrnesJune 23, 2016taste
fishing in hoian
market, food, can tho, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 22, 2016taste

food in can tho

market, food, can tho, vietnamwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 22, 2016taste
food in can tho
vietnam, saigon, beerwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 22, 2016taste

good times brewing for craft beer in vietnam

vietnam, saigon, beerwords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 22, 2016taste
good times brewing for craft beer in vietnam
vietnam, health and happinesswords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 21, 2016culture

the asian squat

vietnam, health and happinesswords: Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 21, 2016culture
the asian squat
health and happiness, worldschooling, unschoolingwords: Emma Byrnes + Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 20, 2016family

who are we? what are we doing? why?

health and happiness, worldschooling, unschoolingwords: Emma Byrnes + Peter Barrett | photography: Emma ByrnesJune 20, 2016family
who are we? what are we doing? why?
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ABOUT US
Welcome to Lifestyle Traveller, a storytelling collaboration between Australian couple Peter Barrett (travel, lifestyle  and food writer) and Emma Byrnes (photographer, designer, visual strategist and innovator). We chase authentic and meaningful stories to share about inspiring food, places, spaces and faces. 
Drop us a line if you wish to invite us along to experience something wonderful in your city or country. We are open to commissions and collaborations of all sorts.
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OUR SERVICES
With a combined experience of more than 40 years in websites, magazines and digital publishing we have a unique and powerful set of skills to offer a diverse range of clients. Peter writes news and lifestyle articles for publications including The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Jetstar magazine and Virgin Australia's Voyeur magazine as well as ongoing copywriting and advertising work for corporate clients. Emma has owned several small businesses, has worked in interactive web design, and now provides strategic consultation and image-branding services to numerous clients. Whether it's editorial, PR, copywriting, photography, branding strategy, design, or critical thinking, we may be able to help your business grow and flourish. We work remotely or on-site, both within Australia and internationally, so to find out how we might be able to help your business, please contact us here.  

Congratulations @dana_makeupartist on the opening of your beautiful new Collins St art-deco studio ✨✨✨ - it has been a pleasure working alongside you this year as you have taken the leap to consolidate your position as Melbourne’s go-to makeup/hair artist. For anyone looking to partake in an Aperol spritz on this balmy evening head to Dana’s new digs @studioluckystar_ at 5.30pm, 12 Collins St (Level 3, Suite 34). And be sure to keep Dana in mind if you ever need makeup or hair. She is the most uber-talented, approachable and mellow makeup artist out there!! This snap and a few others I took featured on @frankiemagazine this week 💄💋🎈
Spending time documenting @bjw_moments in her Adelaide home studio was utterly delightful. In amongst flurried bouts of activity and creativity she carved out quiet pauses for us to reflect on our progress with Chinese tea ceremony and conversation. Of course the whole thing was all the more pleasurable as we were also working alongside my longtime friend and collaborator @sweet_polka - who I’ve missed terribly since her move to Adelaide last year. Good to be back in the saddle together again ✨
One of my favourite clients - @spacecraft_studio - are having an election day studio sale tomorrow featuring 12 months of samples, tests and originals. A great chance to get behind the scenes and meet the designers and artists who make the magic happen.
Today when I was sorting through files I was reminded of the beautiful oak stairwell that I photographed for @farside_melbourne at the @lucy_clemenger house last year - such beautifully executed joinery and craftsmanship #melbourneinteriors
Ravishing radishes @rhubarbrhubarborganics
Thank you!

EDITORIAL POLICY + PERMISSIONS
Lifestyle Traveller is an independent publication and all content is written and produced by Emma Byrnes and Peter Barrett. Our stories reflect our honest opinions and, unless otherwise stated, are in no way advertorial. 
We subscribe to the values of honesty, fairness, independence and respect for the rights of others, as set out in the journalistic code of ethics of the Australian Media and Entertainment Arts Alliance, of which Peter is a member. We generally work on assignment for other independent publications and cannot guarantee coverage for travel and hospitality organisations. But we welcome discussions about hosting us for experiences, which may or may not result in stories that are published on this website or elsewhere.   
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