[3] She joined a junior Geelong theatre society and Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College's jazz group.
[3] After being accepted to RMIT's Bachelor of Journalism course, Parks became very involved in community television, taking on the hosting role for three seasons of Raucous (a live-to-air music show), was the TV reporter on Darren & Brose, and also became both producer and presenter of Newsline and Pluck.
These included work at The Age newspaper, Media Giants and the Essendon Football Club, as well as hosting Channel 31's Real Time Racing, and conducting a series of interviews over three years at the annual Falls Festival for a historical DVD.
[1][3] Parks' next project saw her presenting a children's DVD, Talking Time,[3] released commercially September 2006 in Australia, Canada, USA and NZ.
In this role, Parks played beside a collection of puppets in a DVD that is aimed at increasing parents' awareness of the importance of instilling good speech practices in their children.