I got a call from Dick Smith out of the blue just before christmas. “Dan, I got your number from Andrew Denton, I want to make an ad” Why not? He’s an Australian legend. Sounds like fun. So I wrote the funniest script I thought I could muster on our tiny $10k budget. Then convinced [...]

Coca-Cola Australia’s “Share A Coke” campaign diversifies its name database to include a whole bunch more names. So Keep a look out if your name is “Obesity” “Decay” “Pollution” “Single Use Plastics” or  ”Diabetes” there is a bottle or can out there with your name on it!  

Today was my first US network television appearance, (I was shown in the audience of the Colbert Report once but cable doesn’t count.) It was Australia Day today on the CBS Early Morning Show (six months late) because Tourism Australia’s Regional General Manager, Daryl Hudson, was interviewed on “What’s New Down Under”. To help the cause [...]

Next monday is a red letter day for Australians in New York. Tourism Australia’s Region General Manager (our equivalent to Murray from Flight of the Conchords) will be on CBS’ Early Show, on the air promoting all things Australian. So there has been a call out for fellow Aussies to join in the crowd for [...]