Australia
How Not to Buy Weed on Tinder: A Tale of Misadventure
It was the eve of my 30th birthday: a painfully gorgeous afternoon in the south-east of lutruwita/Tasmania. A handful of friends and I were basking on the sunlit balcony of…
Unwired
It was a feeling of liberation, the same kind when you get home and unzip your pants and take off your bra. Except I wasn’t at home and running around…
Uncle
I felt a surge of magnetism from the rock as soon as I pulled into the national park in my dust-encrusted van. I’d just taken her five hours off-roading on…
I Left Far North Queensland With a UTI and a New Family
My eyes are blurry from the tears and I’m squirming in my seat. My nose is a faucet under my facemask. I’m struggling to control my sniffling so my neighbours…
Naked, Sandy and Slightly Afraid
It’s 9pm on a Saturday. Joel and I sit on the couch in the shared common room of a North Queensland hostel. I tilt my head back and close my…
Sober, Single and Saucy
I woke up on the 1st of January this year in a double bed spooning two of my friends in their dad’s apartment in a small town just out of…
All You Need is Love: What It’s Like to Live in a Van With Your Fiancé
“I need to buy some bin bags to shit in or there’ll be an explosion in the night,” said my fiancé of one month, roughly three-and-a-half minutes after we’d packed…
Michael the (Snake) Charmer: a Month in a Nimbin Commune
When I arrived at his dilapidated treehouse, I complimented Michael on the taxidermy snake he had draped on his kitchen window sill. I found comfort in its lifelessness, its alien…
The Heart of it All: An Ode to Tassie
Hints of sweet honeysuckle and mint. Crisp forest dew and pine bark, damp. Soft touches of wood-like nectar circle the air, subtly paired with a burnt caramel popcorn. Tasmania’s winter…
Beyond the Claddings: A Commune in the City
Young families are plentiful. Kids play on bikes and tradies dash about. Seemingly everybody has a dog. The area is much like a maze, but you finally arrive at the…
The Grand Escape
“Farkkk. Well, there go our winter holiday plans.” As Gladys announced the NSW-Victorian border closure, I felt my heart sink. It wasn’t unexpected, just another shitty trick in the shocking…
“We Won Tumut”: A COVID-Inspired Roadtrip
Every good road trip starts with a morning after pill. The morning after pill is basically the same as time travel and is particularly good bought from a pharmacy in…