Australian Gourmet Traveller - (09)September 2020 (1)

I’mfromPerthoriginallyandI’vebeen

backtherevisitingfamily.Thereareso

manyspecialplacesthere.We’vealways

spenta lotoftimeinToodyay,wheremy

parentshavea property.ThenAlbanyis

extraordinary– suchbeautifulbeaches.

Andthere’sCowaramupBay,whichis

justbeforeMargaretRiver– weusedto

go there a lot when I was growing up.

I liveinBowralintheSouthernHighlands

ofNSW.I’velivedhereforthreeyears

• I loveit becauseit’shome,butI also
  lovethatit’ssoclosetoSydney,butalso
  removed.Theantiquestores are amazing.
  Butwespenda lotof
  time travelling for work.

Mykidsarefiveand

sevenyearsold.They

areyoungandflexible

soit’sa goodtimeto

travelwiththem.They

gotoSteinerschoolsso

theydon’tusuallywatch

screens– whenwedogoona flight,they

tendtobefixatedontheTVs.It’sa long

game,butif youcanremovescreensfrom

yourchildren,thenwhenyoudotake

a long-haul flight, it’s fantastic!

I’ma fairlyorganisedperson–andwhen

it comestopackingandtravellingI’m

a prettywell-oiledmachinenow.My

husbandis a proat planningwhenit

comestohotels,airporttransfersand

researchingrestaurants.Inoureveryday

lives, I’m usually the one to sort out

thingslikethat,sowhenwegoon

holidays,it’sa doubleholiday– I getto

goaway,butI geta breakfromorganising

everything. We’re a really great duo.

TheGreatis filmedinLondonandItaly.

Eventhoughitscharactersaresetin

Russia,wefilmina studioinEast

London;wealsodosomeexteriors

inruralEngland.Thenwefilmmost

oftheexteriorsinCaserta, whichis

just outside of Naples.

WefilmedattheRoyalPalaceofCaserta

in southern Italy.It’sa breathtakingplace

• thescaleandintricacy
  ofthearchitectureis
  ludicrous.I wouldoften
  justwalkaroundand
  lookat thefrescosonthe
  ceilings,fascinatedbyall
  thepeoplethatwould
  havelookedupat the
  sameceiling,andall
  theeventsthatbuilding
  would have witnessed over the years.

I’mreallyunsureastowhatwillhappen

nextintermsoftravel.Overall,Covid-19

inAustraliahasbeenprettymanageable

(nottounderstatethetragedy).It’squite

dauntingtobeconsideringheadingback

toEnglandandEurope– but we’ll only

do so when it’s safe.

I lovetravellingandseeingtheworld,

butI’malsotornbecauseofthe

environmental consequences – it’s

It’sbreathtaking

• thescaleand
  intricacyofthe
  architectureis
  ludicrous.

ThePerth-bornactorsharesherintrepidhighs

andlows,tipsforlong-haultripswithchildrenand

thoughts on travelling with a conscience.

28 GOURMET TRAVELLER

Belinda Bromilow

TRAVELLING WITH

INTERVIEW JORDAN KRETCHMER. PHOTOGRAPHY REBECCA HITCH.