About me

Caitlin_Cornwall.JPGI’m Caitlin, an Australian who’s lived in London for the past four years. London is a fantastic city in its own right but also a great place to live if you love travelling. Coming from a huge country with few near neighbours, it still amazes me that I can get on a train and be in Paris two hours later. I also enjoy exploring the UK - as this snap from Cornwall shows. I’ll return to Australia one day but for now I’m making the most of living in Europe.

I’m a journalist and I often travel for work, both for travel writing gigs and foreign reportage. My work has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, The Australian, Anyway magazine and Rough Guides. I have been a journalist for over 10 years and much of my travel writing straddles the line with foreign reportage, telling the stories behind a destination. I like to explore a country through its food, its history and culture, and its landscape, both natural and human.

About this site

This site is partly a showcase for my travel writing and partly a blog. I republish my professional work on the articles page and keep the blog to share all the stuff that doesn’t end up in print. The writing on the blog is less polished than my professional work and is intended to be fun. I try to update as often as possible but paying gigs come first so there is no set schedule. Blog topics include my explorations at home in London or Sydney, my trips abroad, and discussions of the ideas, issues and events in the world of travel and travel writing. I welcome guest bloggers so if you wish to write something for Roaming Tales please contact me.

I advocate a responsible approach to travel, grounded in respect for the people and places you visit, and our planet as a whole. I believe that travel can enrich our lives and provide an economic lifeline for some of the world’s most threatened people and places. Yet, there is no doubt that thoughtless tourism can bring unfettered development, litter and cultural destruction, and aviation is now one of the fastest growing contributors to global warming. I believe it is vital to to consider all these issues in context and to take personal responsibility for lowering your own ecological footprint, not just when you travel but for your lifestyle at home as well.

Contact me

Email me: caitlin [AT] roamingtales [DOT] com
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/niltiac

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