Travel. Design. Luxury.
Mary O’Brien is a travel and design journalist who is always dreaming of her next adventure. She has written for a range of publications including Qantas, Sunday Life, Domain, Life & Leisure, Vacations & Travel and other magazines.
In the past, she was a contributor to The Sunday Age M magazine travel section and Traveller.com.au She was editor of the start-up GOxplore magazine in 2016.
She was on staff at The Age newspaper for 14 years until she opted for the freedom of freelancing. In the past, she worked in Hong Kong and Ireland. She is a long-standing member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) and the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA).
2019 ASTW winner for the story Smooth Operator in the Australian Financial Review's Life Leisure section
Read my stories here:
Your Insider Guide to Yanaka, the Old Town of Tokyo Click here to read.
How the 19th century Princess Diana gave me inspiration for my travel itinerary. Click here to read.
A design odyssey through Copenhagen. Click here to read.
Live like a king in an 18th-century French château. Click here to read.
Tried & Tested: Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como. Click here to read.
Capitol Kempinski and Six Senses Duxton hotels: a fresh take on Singapore's past. Click here to read.
Mary’s work has appeared in these publications:
