Exploring The Australian Outback

July 3, 2012

90% of Australia’s population lives in the urban areas along the coasts, so even today the Outback remains sparsely settled. Life is very different here. In most communities, the number of children is too small for operation of conventional schools, so children are educated at home by the School of the Air. When this system began, teachers communicated with their students via…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.