Michelle is Eastern Ontario’s ONLY Premier Aussie Specialist - a Tourism Australia designation granted to their most experienced sellers of Australia. She was the recipient of Tourism Australia’s Opal Award for excellence in marketing/selling Australia (2011). She is also a GOLD New Zealand Specialist, Cook Islands Specialist, a Matai Fiji Specialist and Tiare Tahiti Specialist. Michelle is the travel designer and host behind SPJ Retreats - knitting and fibre retreats around the world.
Michelle is a dual Australian/Canadian citizen whose passion for Australia and the rest of the South Pacific runs deep. She lived and worked in Australia for 15 years and completed her tourism training in NSW. In 2006 she returned to Canada with her young family and now devotes her time orchestrating wonderful holiday experiences for Canadians keen to discover the land downunder – no cookie cutter holidays with Michelle.
She has travelled every Australian state and territory, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and the Cook Islands numerous times and returns annually ensuring she is up-to-date on all that is available to her clients. Some of her most favourite experiences include swimming with Sea Lions in South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, jetboating through Western Australia's Horizontal Waterfalls, viewing the vibrant Red Centre by helicopter, driving Victoria's Great Ocean Road, spotting Kiwi birds in the wild on Stewart Island in New Zealand and swimming in the luxriously blue waters of Bora Bora.
Visit SouthPacificJourneys.com to learn more about Michelle and the services she provides. Michelle can be reached at 1 855 607 2869 or michelle@southpacificjourneys.com. Contact her today to set up a South Pacific Planning Session.