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Published in Sydney Morning Herald, October 2019

Written by Catherine Marshall

"Never pick flowers in the springtime before the bees have sipped their fill of nectar", says Walser woman Elisabeth Burtscher, " and always leave the blooms alone when it has rained, for if they're sodden when you pluck them, they won't be able to transmit energy stored from the sun." ...

Published in 'The Age' Traveller, November 2018

Meet our heroes of travel for 2018 – the brave, big-hearted and indomitably determined men and women who work all year around to make the world a better place, with inspiring results.

It's an honour roll that features champions from across the globe. 

Published in Virgin Australia's 'Voyeur' Travel Magazine, November 2018

Written by Katrina Lobley

Elisabeth Burtscher crooks an arm around her nine-year-old grandson, Levin. They’re engrossed in identifying the wildflowers and herbs sprouting from the alpine meadows of Austria’s Grosses Walsertal (the Great Walser Valley). ...

Published in Signature Luxury Travel & Style, November 2018

Written by John Borthwick

The cowbells that ring like wind chimes across the ravines of Vorarlberg’s Great Walser Valley swing from the necks of impeccably groomed, café au lait-coloured cows. We’re in Austria’s Alpine Outback, so to speak, a remote ...

Published in Vacations & Travel Magazine,

October 2018

Written by Katrina Lobley

Patrick Burtscher likes to joke around. As we twist our way into the Grosses Walsertal, an Austrian valley so steep and floorless it’s more of a gorge, his wife Maree explains that when they’re in Melbourne, her hometown and their main base, Australians always ask about his accent. ...