Travel Writers Radio

This is the latest episode of Travel Writers Radio, produced and presented every Wednesday by the team at PALAT - the Professional Association of Lifestyle and Travel Writers. To get in touch email: info@travelwritersradio.com And, thanks for listening

Next week they celebrate Thaksgiving in the USA and while this is typically a family tradition, in the various districts of New York, there are many cultures and traditions, such that a neighborhood often has a family feel. Bridgett Leslie, our team member living on Wall Street, found a local bar/restaurant celebrating its 10th Thanksgiving so she chatted to the owner, Telly Liberatos and executiv...

Graeme Kemlo, who knows the Mornington Peninsula well, undertook a familiarisation tour of what they call Melbourne’s Playground to discover a few places he’d never been and some experiences he had not done. This week he spoke to CEO of the Mornington Peninsula Regional Tourism Board, Angela Cleland about the destination that has changed from a holiday spot into a tourism and hospitality hotspot w...

With many of our team away last week we took a week off, but we're back and we thank you for listening. Many of you streamed some of our 3000 stories archived on SoundCloud. We have more of the usual travel-related fare this week - food, wine, lifestyle and travel for business or pleasure. If you want to get in touch we'd love to hear from you. Please email; us: info@travelwritersradio,com

For a Sydneysider who with her husband moved to the winegrowing Hunter Valley for the quiet life, Jen Nicita hasn’t been busier. In fact, she is regularly cooking up a storm on her Pokolbin wine-growing property and city-slicker visitors couldn’t be happier. By converting a double garage into a commercial kitchen, she has opened Our Italian Table – a cooking school within the Nicita Estate where u...

Our super-efficient team members Helen Hayes and Carolyne Jasinski have assembled the Travel Writers Radio ultimate gift suggestions so that you can get well ahead of the curve…why you might even be in time to get some Black Friday discounts whether choosing something for a family member, a friend, or even for yourself. Here’s their report. Photo: Packing cubes from Zoomlight

Niagara Falls is one of the great sights of North America. Reporter Helen Hayes checked it out from top to bottom. Photo: Helen Hayes

Have you been inspired to travel somewhere after reading a book? There’s a book out now called Literary Journeys and it covers all sorts of destinations and experiences from the great quests (think Homer’s Odyssey or Don Quixote) or perhaps you’d like to follow James Joyce, William Faulkner or Joseph Conrad, then this book may be your inspiration or a fine gift. Published by Hardie Grant

The McGuigan name is synonymous with the Hunter Valley. Reporter Mike Smith visited Neil to chat all things wine in the Hunter, his views on the region, and his thoughts on its future. Photo: by Mike Smith

In Praise of Regional Victoria, Bus Driver, Master of Light Leon Dark -Graeme Kemlo by Travel Writers Radio produced by the Professional Associatioon of Lifestyle and TravelWriters (PALAT)

Our reporters who live in Valencia, Karin Avila and Keeley Warren, speak with Graeme Kemlo about the issues left behind after the devastating floods, and also about the volunteers who are helping to clean and clear the narrow streets of rubbish. Photo: Keeley Warren (l) and Karin Avila (r)

We are on the ground in Valencia, Spain, with two reporters front and centre to give us the low down on the shocking floods that have killed 217 people so far. Graeme Kemlo speaks to Keeley Warren and Karin Avila, in Spain. Photo by Shawn Forbno (creative commons license AP wire)

Here's what you'll find in this week's show - an update from our two resident reporters in Valencia Spain in the wake of the devastating floods.. Plus our usual assortment of food, wine, ifestyle and travel stories. We appreciate your interest in our little show and thank you sincerely for listening.

Adelaide-based reporter Carolyne Jasinski has built herself quite a reputation for her speaking engagements aboard different criuse ships. Most recently she spoke on an 8-day Cunard cruise from Sydney to Darwin, giving passengers an insight into the life of a travel writer. She also covers the essentials of storytelling through travel photography. Photo: Carolyne Jasinski by Rick Jasinski

We spoke with a n number of our US-born and US-resident team members over the past week in regard to the November election and all claimed it would be a very close race. Some admitted the polls had not always got it right, but pressed for a choice they all said Kamala by one percent, or three percent, or in one case, a landslide. Unlike some media folks, we do not presume to tell you how to vote,...

Here's the latest from the PALAT team at Travel Writers Radio covering food, wine, lifestyle and travel experiences around the corner and around the world. To get in contact email: info@travelwritersradio.com And, thanks for listening

Kristin Henning found Menorca, in Spain's Balearic Islands, to be a great place to relax, enjoy nature on the Cami de Cavalls hiking trail, and to explore both ancient monuments and modern art. Kris spoke to Graeme Kemlo Photo by Kristin Henning -2Naveta d’es Tudons More information: travelpast50.com https://travelpast50.com/best-places-menorca-spain-nature-reserve-island/

Bridgett Leslie chats with Oral Historian Maureen Dickson on the significant contribution of Caribbean Servicemen to World War II, as British Royal Air Force pilots. They received little recognition for their efforts during and after the war. Her book, "Pilots and Soldiers of The Caribbean: Fighting Men of the Caribbean" is a record of hardship but also a celebration of achievement.

Helen Hayes sets out on a five-day journey by long-distance train—The Canadian—between Vancouver on the west coast and Toronto and then on to Quebec by the new Connector trains. There was a hiccup in her journey, but she enjoyed a comfortable cabin with a wide single bed, excellent meals, and attentive service. She especially loved being lulled to sleep as the train gently swayed to and fro. Photo...

The holiday island of Bali Indonesia is much loves by West Australians as it is close enough to them by plane to serve as a long weekend getaway. Hence its popularity...bBut is it getting too popular? Bali correspondent, Suzanne Hart has lived there for seven years and says locals are beginning to publicly question some of the new developments and their impact on the green spaces that drew people...

Among the things Justine Costigan will appreciate on her return to Melbourne after nearly half a year in Europe will be not having to live out of a suitcase...and her friends and family of course, Photo by Justine Costigan - A Scene from Morocco

One of Graeme Kemlo's most interesting experiences in Western Australia recently was a masterclass with multi-award winning distiller James Young of Old Young’s distillery in the Swan Valley out of Perth Graeme first met James before COVID in a small tasting room, which has now developed into a much larger facility weith a restaurant and he has a larger team working with him. There were only about...

Journalist and editor Justine Costigan left Melbourne about five months ago toexperience life and some work in Europe with her partner. Here she shares her favourite experiences telling Graeme Kemlo of her joy at eating a simple fish meal in a quiet village by the sea. There's a lot to be said for her decision to take a half-year gap year and much that our listeners can learn from Justine. We hope...

Fremantle is the port city for Perth and one of the busiest in Australia, a far cry from the sleepy town that fired up in the mid ]80s when Alan Bond had won the |America’s Cup and Freo was chosen as the place from which to defend against a brace of international challengers. Graeme Kemlo was fortunate to have been there working with Data General and the Bond team and he especially noticed the dif...

One of the newer members of our team is Carmen Jenner from Perth. She’s been a travel writer for 18 years, but originally was a qualified librarian working in the exploration industry, but as she explains to Graeme Kemlo, when the travel writing bug bit she decided this was the passion she wanted tio pursue. Photo: Carmen Jenner