Award-winning travel writer, photographer and author Lee Atkinson has been writing about her adventures on and off the road since 1991.  She is a past president – and a Life Member – of the Australian Society of Travel Writers.

Lee is the author of 17 travel books, creator of two smartphone apps and editor of two anthologies, and her travel stories regularly appear in a range of Australian newspapers and magazines  – you can read some her features in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Sun Herald here.

Her latest book, Ultimate Backroads & Detours Australia hit bookshop shelves in July 2025, joining her other road trip guides, Ultimate Road Trips, Ultimate Coastal Road Trips Australia, and the bestselling Ultimate Road Trips Australia, a collection of 40 of Australia’s best driving holidays. The Definitive Bucket List: travel experiences in Australia and New Zealand is the ultimate guide on where to go before your knees give out. Australia’s Best Nature Escapes features 100 nature-based holidays across the country, and Explore Australia by Camper Trailer is the first comprehensive guide specifically for travelling around Australia with a trailer. All five books are available wherever good books are sold.