Out now: Beyond Timbuktu: Journeys of Hope & Humanity
What if the world was far kinder and more connected than headlines lead us to believe? If smiles were passports to foreign lands?
From Albania to Zimbabwe – through over 150 countries, best-selling author Catherine DeVrye shares real-life stories beyond bias, borders and sightseeing. Trekking to Timbuktu, skiing in Lebanon, cycling through Lithuania, swimming off Yemen, dining with royalty in Bahrain or sharing pizza with Syrian refugees in Serbia – she discovers that most individuals are kinder than their governments; that more unites us than divides us, even in often maligned nations.
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Sydney Observer Cover story Adventure
Sydney Observer Cover story
Audience Reaction: Willoughby Literary Festival
Traveling Older – ABC Radio with Tony Wheeler, Lonely Planet founder
2CCC Canberra
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Peninsula Living Review
Adventure over ageism
Life is like a 21 speed bicycle-most of us have gears we never use
In life, we skin our knees, egos and hearts but need to pick ourselves up and get back in the saddle. -Even Cadel Evans probably had training wheels on his first bike. We all need support on new paths. -He didn’t win the Tour de France without countless hours of disciplined training out of the […]
BEYOND TIMBUKTU: Stories for forthcoming book-July 2026
‘Beyond Timbuktu: Journeys of Hope & Humanity’…. Tony Wheeler-Founder Lonely Planet says: ‘Catherine may set out to go everywhere, but her explorations prove that with an open mind anywhere is as friendly as home’… Amid media bombardment of conflict, cowardice, disruption and disease, readers will welcome respite through an armchair journey to share pizza with […]
All Blacks
Local cafe sign reads: Short blacks-long blacks-All Blacks! Gotta love it and here’s to a New Zealand win in World Cup Rugby. It’s a nation passionate about the sport, had to juggle venues after the tragic Christchurch earthquake and a boost to morale would be welcomed by all…
Beyond 9-11 to Beyond Covid-19: Keep Hope Happening
On September 11, 2001, I addressed the World Airline Entertainment Association—at the Brisbane Convention Centre. The topic: ‘Change is Inevitable.-Learning from change is optional’. Only a few hours later, you can imagine the mood among the 1600 delegates from around the globe. I wondered then—as I do twenty years after—what we have learned? I felt […]
Connecting across miles
How’s this for technology….was in Helsinki airport awaiting a flight to Amsterdam-when I received an email about speaking in Istanbul as a result of a guy from London that I met in Singapore the day before! Yes, it really is the world wide web.