On the road and revelling in Australia's mid-century motels
Comedian and modernism aficionado Tim Ross takes a trip into nostalgia with a new show and book.
The Oakleigh Motel on the Princes Highway in Victoria: people would drive past just to take a look, says Tim Ross. Motel: Images of Australia on Holidays.
Tim Ross recounts a childhood filled with Paddle Pops, banana lounges and “sunburn upon sunburn”. Of idyllic road trips in the Holden Kingswood staying in a string of modest but compelling mid-century modern motels. If he was lucky, the shared family room would boast a colour TV.
“My brother and me would run in and jump on the beds, turn on the TV and wait for it to warm up, just to be sure,” he reminisces.
Stephen ToddDesign editorStephen Todd writes for The Australian Financial Review's weekly Life&Leisure lift out and AFR Magazine. Email Stephen at stephen.todd@afr.com
