Rob McFarland
Writer. Speaker. Trainer
Hi! I’m an award-winning travel writer, speaker and trainer who divides his time between Australia, the US and Europe.
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Aspiring travel writer?
Love travelling? Love writing? Want to turn your passion into a career?
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Latest stories
Masks, monks and mayhem in Hahoe Village, South Korea
This isn’t what I expected from a UNESCO World Heritage-listed folk performance. On stage, a butcher brandishes a pair of testicles, freshly cut from a slaughtered bull, and tries to sell them to the men in the audience as a virility aid. “You old gentlemen with your young wives,” he says. “You can’t do without…
Elko, Nevada – where cowboys meet Basque shepherds
“Only two men were killed the day I arrived,” reported a newcomer to Elko in 1869. Back then, this dusty settlement in north-east Nevada was a rough and ready cowboy town, newly accessible by the Central Pacific Railroad and gripped by gold rush fever. It had 45 bars and probably just as many brothels. Today,…
On safari in England’s Knepp Estate
Now that’s a great panorama of rewilding,” says our guide Roger Morgan-Grenville, bringing the jeep to a stop. In the field ahead are a dozen Exmoor ponies, a handful of English longhorn cattle, a Tamworth sow with piglets and a pair of storks perched high in an oak tree. Suddenly, one of the piglets makes…
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Contact
To contact me about writing, speaking or training opportunities, email rob@robmcfarland.org – I’d love to hear from you!
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