A job that changed me: I was a rookie tour guide for art lovers – no one goes harder than active seniors in search of cultural enrichment

I spent time in some of the greatest art institutions with groups of self-funded retirees.

But a vacation it was not in the a job that changed me series In 2012 I was living in Sydney, halfway through the shelf life of our annual theatric political satire The Wharf Revue , although I didn’t know that at the time. I was also doing some work for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, hosting panel discussions and interviews, when a colleague asked if I would be interested in co-leading a guided tour to New York, focusing on art and theatre. Of course I said yes. Handling the art side of…