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.