Tim the Yowie Man

Tim the Yowie Man
Born Timothy Bull
Australia
Occupation Cryptonaturalist
Children 2 daughters (born 2007, 2010)[1][2][3]
Website Yowieman.com
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Tim the Yowie man is an Australian writer, author and cryptonaturalist who was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.[4]

Life and career

Born Timothy Bull, TYM has changed his name by deed poll.[5] He is an Australian National University graduate.[6]

While bushwalking at Mount Franklin in the Brindabella National Park in 1994, Tim saw a yowie.[7] Since then, Tim the Yowie Man has investigated yowie sightings and other paranormal phenomena across Australia and internationally. He also writes regular columns in Fairfax newspapers The Canberra Times and The Sydney Morning Herald.

In 2004, Tim the Yowie Man won a legal case against Cadbury, a popular British confectionery company.[8] Cadbury had claimed that his moniker was too similar to their range of Yowie confectionery.[9] In deciding the case, a Trade Mark Oppositions Hearing Officer ruled that she was "satisfied that a substantial portion of the Australian public would know of the dictionary meaning of yowie and be able to distinguish between use of the term in this sense, and use of the term by (Cadbury)."[10]

In 2012, artist Barbara van der Linden painted Tim's portrait as part of her Faces of Canberra series, for exhibition during Canberra's centenary year in 2013.[3] He continues to live in Canberra with his family.

He has acted 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,[11] and has hosted a national travel radio show and is a ghost-tour guide.

TYM released his third book In the Spirit of Banjo in December 2014, published by Pendragon Publishing and Design, Canberra.

Publications

Notes

  1. ↑ Tim the Yowie Man (29 August 2014). "Tim the Yowie Man: Winter of discontent". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Tim the Yowie Man (29 March 2013). "Break by the lake". Hunter Valley News. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 Doherty, Megan (1 November 2012). "Artist renders Yowie Man deep in mystery". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Just Who Is Tim The Yowie Man". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. 12 March 2000.
  5. ↑ "Hard hats going Green". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. 7 August 2007.
  6. ↑ Dapin 2008, p. 198.
  7. ↑ Dapin 2008, pp. 198-199.
  8. ↑ "Tim the Yowie Man licks chocolate giant in court". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. 15 December 2004.
  9. ↑ "Yowie Man, chocolate maker go head-to-head". ABC Canberra. 14 September 2004. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Yowie, he's no choc bar!". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. AAP. 14 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010.
  11. ↑ Membership List, Australian Society of Travel Writers, archived from the original on 19 October 2014

References

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