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Feature
powerlist 2008
My
Favourite...
we asked a selection of men and women
involved with the powerlist to tell us about
some of their best experiences, most perfect
places and must-have things. here’s what
they came up with
Journey
Abigail Blackburn
Despite it being one of the longest trips you can take across
the planet, my favourite journey is always the one i take ‘home’ to
sydney, Australia, where i grew up after moving there from the UK as
a toddler.
i know the mere thought of flying that far fills lots of people with
dread, but i love spending 23 hours in the sky. since i’m rarely a sit- can usually spot at least three places along the harbourside that i’ve
still type of person, the moment i take my seat on the aircraft, knowing either worked at or lived in.
i can’t do anything but read, sleep or watch movies for 13 hours Flights from the UK usually come into sydney first thing in the
straight, feels like a luxury. stopping off briefly in singapore or Hong morning, which makes it impossible to feel tired on arrival, since it’s
Kong, after the first leg of the journey, is a bonus, for the shopping the start of a new day. i’m lucky that there’s always a greeting party
and noodles alone. But even though it’s healthiest to have at least a waiting to meet me, but that means i hit the ground running.
brief break between flights, i’m usually first in line to get back on the Breathing in the sunshine makes me feel about 10 years old again.
plane for the final 10 hours of the trip. More sleep, more movies, more the irony of this being my favourite trip is that i spent much of my
reading… and i’m content. childhood feeling isolated in Australia and dreaming of coming ‘home’
the best part of the journey is the moment i can finally see sydney. to the UK. that’s what spurred me on to live most of my adult life
When you first hit the northern tip of Australia, you spend hours flying in england. But maybe that’s also why heading back to Australia,
over vast swathes of semi-desert as you fly down the east coast. But all temporarily, means so much to me now. i spent years over there,
that parched land just makes the first glimpse of sydney Harbour look thinking: ‘if i can get out of here, i’m never coming back.’ But i’ve since
even more like a glittering oasis. On a purely tourist level, i love that it learnt it does me as much good to touch base with Australia as it does
feels like i’m flying into a postcard: the sun will be glinting on the sea, to live in england, so i appreciate my connection to both places.
while the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House are suddenly right
beneath you. But it’s also just comforting to be in familiar territory – i Abigail Blackburn is editor of Now magazine
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