Catriona Rowntree has been the host of travel series Getaway for 26 years now, a gig that’s taken her around the world a few times over. To celebrate her incredible tenure, Nine has recently launched a new online video series that sees Rowntree share her best stories from those decades on the road – from exhilarating tales of swimming with sharks to the near-death experience she will never forget. A new episode goes live on the Getaway website every Wednesday.
But despite her career exploring the world’s most glamorous destinations, Rowntree admits she actually suffers from “terrible homesickness” when abroad. To combat that affliction, the TV presenter used to travel with a special framed photograph that she would pop on her bedside – until the trip she accidentally left it behind. Here, Rowntree tells us about the lesson she learned from that experience, plus the story of two other important personal belongings.
