The World According to John Birmingham
Author of the Axis of Time trilogy and Dopeland: Taking the High Road Through Australia’s Marijuana Culture, John Birmingham gives us his timeless take on travel
Mountain/desert/jungle/ocean which are you?
I’m the beach-side bar overlooking the ocean.
First travel experience?
Migrating from the UK to Oz, 1970. I still remember the fierce quality of the light when we stepped off the place in Melbourne.
Favourite journey?
Driving up from Caligiari to Capo Testa in Sardinia during spring. The colours were amazing, almost trippy.
Special place to stay?
Cesca restaurant in New York, Trastevere in Rome, the little cove at Capo Testa in Sardinia, Ubud on Bali, the back lanes of Melbourne
Three items you always pack?
iPhone and charger. That’s all you need.
Passport stamp you’re proudest of?
Passports? We don’ need no steenkin’ passports!
Guilty travel pleasure?
My guiltiest travel pleasure is spending too much on food. Way too much.
Window or aisle?
Aisle. For tripping little munchkins as they run past.
