Debra Trayler

Debra Trayler

From an advertising and PR background, Deb ran her own freelance writing business for a number of years before working as deputy editor for a national industry magazine. She then moved into library land and for worked for 15 years as a corporate journalist. She is married with two grown-up children, lives on the Mornington Peninsula and loves cooking, reading and volunteers as a knitting tutor with U3A.

Is knowing what we're going to be when we grow up written in the stars? Source: TweSwe/Pixabay
Are our children, and especially our girls, being exposed to too much too soon? Source: Getty Images
Looking back, the songs we were taught in primary school were highly irrelevant to our lives in suburban Australia in the 1960s. Source: Getty (models posed for photo)
The transition to grey hair is a big moment for many women. Source: Getty
Debra found that picking up something from the shops is a whole new ball game in Covid times. Source: Getty
Some of the best Aussie ads, like Mortein's Louie the fly and Antz Pantz Holeproof, are still popular today. Source: Youtube
From granddaughter, to mother and now a grandmother herself, Debra thinks about the many facets of motherhood. Source: Stock Photo/Getty Images
Remember the Roneo? You could make hundreds of copies! Source: Getty Images
One of the major events to stand out for Debra was the terror attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, United States on September 11, 2001. Source: Getty Images
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