Here you can view Papers and Presentations that I have published over many years. I will post more as time permits.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves, Writing Gold Coast Symposium, Griffith University School of Creative Writing, Apr 2019
The Gold Coast’s Image if Itself, Architecture Australia, Jan/Feb 2018, p59
A View From Up Here: changing visions of tall buildings at the Gold Coast, for Gold Coast Open House 2017
Cathedrals of Tourism: Tall Buildings at the Gold Coast, Aust Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat 2015
Uber Friendly: Contemporary Library Design, Griffith Friends of the Library Seminar, Brisbane 2015
Thanks for the Memories: Understanding the cultural heritage significance of beach houses, and conservation opportunities,Fibrocoast exhibition, Gold Coast City Gallery 2014
The Reveal: Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Design Competition catalogue, Gold Coast City Gallery, 2013 ISBN 978-0-9871415-2-1
Transformations 2006-10: innovations in space at State Library of Qld, Aust Institute of Urban Studies, Sydney 2010
Qld Libraries: smart as iPads, City Life & Library Services, Shanghai International Library Forum, Hangzhou 2010
Resembling Florida: the Gold Coast’s US counterpart, Magical Colours magazine 2006
Mirror, Mirror: a narrative history of real estate at the Gold Coast, SOLD! Exhibition, Gold Coast City Gallery 2006
The Art of Renewal: A Guide to Thinking Culturally About Strengthening Communities, The State of Qld (Dept of Housing & Dept of Education & the Arts), 2005 ISBN 0-9581823-3-7
Sunshine State: Leading Australia’s Cultural Tourism Agenda, Qld Local Govt Heritage Services Conference, Rockhampton 2004
Paradise is where you are right now! Soul searching in adolescent urban landscapes, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects National Conference, Brisbane 2004
Thanks for the Memories, Highway Heritage Exhibition & Public Forum, Gold Coast City Art Gallery 2004
All That Glitters… in All that Glitters: Contemporary Visions of the Gold Coast, exhibition catalogue, Gold Coast City Gallery, 2004, pp16-22 ISBN 0 9577801 7 6
Invisible Landscapes: Looking Beyond the Shadows on the Beach to Investigate the Cultural Landscape of Surfers Paradise, in Cotter, Boyd & Gardiner (eds) 2001, Heritage Landscapes: Understanding Place & Communities, Southern Cross University Press, Lismore, NSW pp317-326 ISBN 1 875855 44 0
Building on a Theme: the Gold Coast Imaginatively Reconstructed, International Planning History conference: Twentieth Century Urban Planning Experience, UNSW 1998
A Nice Place to Visit… Celebrating the Superficial and Planning for Permanence at the Gold Coast (co-author Richard Allom), Images of the Urban conference, Sunshine Coast Uni, Maroochydore 1996