JULIA JACKLIN
On the eve of a WORLD TOUR with her second album CRUSHING, the Melbourne-based, Blue Mountains-born SINGER-SONGWRITER talks travel.
As a child, our family holidays always... involved 1. camping and hiking and competition. A holiday is not a relaxing affair in my family. Now if I have time for a short break, I head straight 2.
to... Thirroul on the New South Wales south coast. There’s a really nice coastal drive to get there: you have cliffs on one side and the ocean on the other. A lot of people I know are moving there from Sydney so there’s a nice little music/art community to greet you. My local’s tip for home town Melbourne is... I’m pretty 3. new to Melbourne, however, I’d say get a bike and ride around. Best way to get to see the city and the drivers are pretty friendly. My souvenir of choice is... something small. I love bad 4. postcards and key rings with people’s names on them. My last holiday read was... Goodwood by Holly Throsby.
5. My travel wardrobe always consists of... things that 6. need to be ironed that I never wear and always regret packing. If money was no barrier, send me off to… anywhere
7. I can have a whole house to myself on the beach. That’s also near some good mountains. The most adventurous thing I’ve ever done on 8.
holiday is... probably just doing a lot of it alone. Starting with travelling around South America for seven months by myself when I was 18. The best bed I’ve ever slept in was... maybe the one 9. at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. So big, so good, so tired. I had the best day of my life in Vegas when I was 22. I’m not even sure why – I didn’t gamble, I was alone, but I just walked around from about 6pm to 6am fascinated by the absurdity of the place. My favourite restaurant is... Currently it’s Good Days 10. in Brunswick. They have a tofu/mushroom spring roll vermicelli salad which is the best and the first thing I eat when I get home. Crushing is out 22 February; catch Julia live at Perth Festival, WOMADelaide or on tour nationally in March. juliajacklin.com