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Tim the Yowie man is an Australian author born in Bowral, New South Wales and currently living in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory.

He is the son of a police officer and is a published author who claims to have seen a yowie in the Brindabella Ranges in 1994. Since then, Tim the Yowie Man has investigated yowie sightings and other paranormal phenomena across Australia and internationally. He also writes a regular column in Australian newspapers The Canberra Times and The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2004, Tim the Yowie Man won a legal case against Cadbury, a popular British confectionary company. Cadbury had claimed that his moniker was too similar to their range of Yowie confectionary.

He is the author of Haunted and Mysterious Australia- Bunyips, yowies, phantoms and other strange phenomena (New Holland 2006) and The Adventures of Tim the Yowie Man cryptonaturalist (Random House 2001). He also contributed to It's Alive! (Teacher Support Material, National Museum of Australia 2003).

He acts as a location and historical advisor for international television programs on unusual phenomena and has featured in documentaries about Australian and international mysteries. He is also a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers and has hosted a national travel radio show and is a ghost-tour guide.

He is currently in the process of releasing another book based upon his travel writings.

Bibliography

Haunted and Mysterious Australia- Bunyips, yowies, phantoms and other strange phenomena (New Holland 2006)

The Adventures of Tim the Yowie Man cryptonaturalist (Random House 2001)

It's Alive! (Contributed to. National Museum of Australia 2003)

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