Jun 23, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
What does it truly mean to create a lifestyle you love? For more than 29 years, Catriona Rowntree has been a familiar and respected personality on Australia’s iconic travel program Getaway, taking…
Catriona RowntreeGuest
Pernille HoggHost
Well, I never like to say that I have a favorite because I am so grateful to have the ability to travel.
I genuinely love everywhere I am sent to and it probably gets back to that initial kernel that I mentioned because I just love meeting people and being able to share their stories to a broader audience.
He's from a place called Corindai near Tamworth, the black soil plains of Corindai, which is utterly beautiful.
A lot of your listeners may know Tamworth because it's famous for its passion for horses and facilities, world-class facilities.
So when I, when I was about three, I started riding horses and my dad totally encouraged this passion, even though we were living on the North shore of Sydney.
And we said, please, dad, can we keep a horse at the local park? And he said, Oh, we can tie it up at the local park, but he would encourage me to go on horse riding camps.
And I had a best friend who lived at Duffy's forest in Sydney and um, Raleigh road, Duffy's forest.
And I, and my darling friend, Alex had horses and, and, you know, I just, ah, I just loved it.
The point I'm trying to make is having this passion and skill can be utilized across the world.
And in my case, when I started on getaway, I'm trying to remember at wonder world, I'm sure when I was at Wonder World, I was horse riding, but definitely when I started on Getaway, I noticed that the boys were getting all the adrenaline stories and no one was doing the horse riding stories.
So I went to my boss and I said, you need to treat me in the same manner that you treat the boys.
If there is skydiving, if there's swimming with sharks, pick me and that you know i had to roll with that you know i just went zip lining in whistler but um uh he he followed through to my request and i have been able to ride right across the planet i'm planning right now a trip to patagonia uh A wonderful horse riding area.
But I'm pitching ideas to my researcher about how I can go horse riding on my next trip.
And I think that the joy of animals, the joy of riding is something that fits in beautifully with having a passion for travel as well.
Well, I never like to say that I have a favorite because I am so grateful to have the ability to travel.
I genuinely love everywhere I am sent to and it probably gets back to that initial kernel that I mentioned because I just love meeting people and being able to share their stories to a broader audience.
He's from a place called Corindai near Tamworth, the black soil plains of Corindai, which is utterly beautiful.
A lot of your listeners may know Tamworth because it's famous for its passion for horses and facilities, world-class facilities.
So when I, when I was about three, I started riding horses and my dad totally encouraged this passion, even though we were living on the North shore of Sydney.
And we said, please, dad, can we keep a horse at the local park? And he said, Oh, we can tie it up at the local park, but he would encourage me to go on horse riding camps.
And I had a best friend who lived at Duffy's forest in Sydney and um, Raleigh road, Duffy's forest.
And I, and my darling friend, Alex had horses and, and, you know, I just, ah, I just loved it.
The point I'm trying to make is having this passion and skill can be utilized across the world.
And in my case, when I started on getaway, I'm trying to remember at wonder world, I'm sure when I was at Wonder World, I was horse riding, but definitely when I started on Getaway, I noticed that the boys were getting all the adrenaline stories and no one was doing the horse riding stories.
So I went to my boss and I said, you need to treat me in the same manner that you treat the boys.
If there is skydiving, if there's swimming with sharks, pick me and that you know i had to roll with that you know i just went zip lining in whistler but um uh he he followed through to my request and i have been able to ride right across the planet i'm planning right now a trip to patagonia uh A wonderful horse riding area.
But I'm pitching ideas to my researcher about how I can go horse riding on my next trip.
And I think that the joy of animals, the joy of riding is something that fits in beautifully with having a passion for travel as well.
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