About Peter Meyer

Since 1995 Peter Meyer has lived and worked on World Heritage Listed Fraser Island off the coast of Hervey Bay in Queensland Australia. Through his work as an Interpretive Guide and photographer he stirves to create a better understanding of the environment in which humanity lives and depends on

On arrival at Fraser, Peter worked as an Interpretive Ranger for Eco-tourism leaders Kingfisher Bay Resort and Village. His photography career began a few years after that when he taught himself on an old SLR given to him by his Brother-in-law. Up until then he had never taken a photograph in his life! Peter began by going out exploring on his weekends in an old Landrover Series III. From the beginning, Peter and a talent to take the normal everyday object or scene and bring out the magical quality which he felt all things possessed.

Peter has worked as a still's photographer for the BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Park Documentaries. Peter has also worked with National Geographic as the official guide. He has also photographed for Red Cross Australia on North Queensland's Palm Island. His work has also featured in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world. In Germany, Peter and his work has featured on television shows for ZDF, ARTE,Reiselust and Spiegel TV.

In late 2006 Peter travelled to India and Nepal for the purpose of experiencing some of this culture. While there he volunteered his photographic services to several charity organisations including the Krishnamurti Foundation in Varanasi and Forget Me Not Orphanage in Kathmandu Nepal. Peter has since published a calendar for the Forget Me Not Orphanage as a fund raising exercise, profits of which go towards the orphanage. His latest trip was to Japan on assignment for International Parks Tours. 

Peter has had numerous successful exhibitions over the last ten years in both private and government run galleries. In 2010 he starts construction of his very own photographic gallery on Fraser Island at Kingfisher Bay Resort.

Peter graduated from Griffith University in Brisbane with degrees in Ecology and Biochemistry.