BROOK TURNER

Brook Turner is the former cultural editor of The Australian Financial Review, managing editor of AFR Magazine and editor of Sophisticated Traveller magazine. He subsequently spent five years as director of engagement and development at the Sydney Opera House.

What’s next on your travel wish list? I’ve always wanted to visit Russia. My brief stop in misty, blasted Petropavlovsk, a six-hour flight from the capital, on my Ponant cruise made me determined to one day see the country properly.