[3] Before beginning her career at the ABC, Drysdale worked for a production company in Brisbane that produced documentaries and multimedia for museums and exhibitions.

After suffering an injury, she successfully applied for a position in the ABC television comedy and current affairs programme, Project NEXT, which was later renamed Hungry Beast.

[3] She has also occasionally appeared on Radio National, where she hosted Talking Shop, a weekly consumer psychology program.

[6] Drysdale has also written for Crikey, The Feed (Australian TV series) and The Global Mail.

[8] Drysale's memoir, I Built No Schools in Kenya: A Year of Unmitigated Madness, was published in January 2019 by Vintage Australia.