As a founding member of OOTA she has been involved with poetry readings and fund raising since 1998. She was on the editorial committee of OOTA's third anthology Friday's Page. Rachael has published widely in Australian Literary Journals and anthologies. In 2004 she was selected for the New Poets Program at Wollongong NSW. In August this year she won a place at the Varuna Longlines Poetry Workshop, Katoomba, NSW as one of four poets selected nationally.