Virgin Australia Voyeur — May 2017

036 VIRGIN AUSTRALIA MAY 2017

OUT & ABOUT

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SARAH NORRIS

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GETTY IMAGES, HANK KORDAS

Where do you go to escape?

Anywhere from Esperance to

Kununurra. Basically anywhere

I can roll my swag out under the

stars. We're spoilt for choice

here, and there are still places

you can go where you can

have it to yourself. I love the

karri [Eucalyptus diversicolor]

forests of the south-west.

I especially love Denmark.

If WA was a character in

your book, what would they

look like? Um... large? And

sunburnt, I suppose. Terrible

skin. With a big thirst.

would you

ting friends?

ntle, because

it s changed quite a bit

over time but it still retains

its historic bones and its

rafish, easygoing livability.

It's somewhere you can

walk and talk, have a swim

or a beer or a cofee, see

a movie and grab a feed

all in the one day and never

once need to get into a car.

And at night?Well, the food

has definitely got better in

Perth in the past five years or

so. I'd probably go somewhere

tried and true. I'd start with

a glass of riesling at [wine bar]

Balthazar. Then, for something

elegant I'd try [French bistro]

Petite Mort. Though chances

are we'd end up in a cosy

corner table at Balthazar.

Why?To show them what's

still there, because it'll blow

their minds. And because this

is one place we have saved

from reckless development.

I'm proud to have been a part

of that. There are lots of other

places that need protection,

that need defenders more

than ever before. So I'd start

with the good news story at

Ningaloo and go from there.

Tim Winton’s latest novel, The

Boy Behind the Curtain, is out

now. A film adaptation of his

book Dirt Music is currently

being shot by Gregor Jordan

(Ned Kelly) in the Kimberley.

Mulga wattle(Acacia aneura)in

the Western Australian outback;

a dish from Petite Mort; Tim

Winton’s latest novel.

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You’re passionate about the

environment — where in WA

would you take someone

to make your point about it

needing to be protected?

To Ningaloo Reef, near

Exmouth. Let them swim

with a whale shark, a manta

ray or a humpback whale

(probably all three), and let

them see the corals and

untouched beaches.