
Rough draught
Society
Keeping up appearances during periods of homelessness
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Rough draught
Society
Keeping up appearances during periods of homelessness
A very early retirement
Society
One man’s pursuit of a life without work
How I fought off a robodebt
Politics
One man’s battle against the confounding maths of a Centrelink robodebt
On the road to Gundagai
Society
An unexpected stop prompts the question: Just what is the deal with the Dog on the Tuckerbox?
Lessons from camels
Society
A 10-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
The stopover
Society
The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis
The perfect host
article
There’s more to throwing a party than putting out some dips
A beautiful mess
Society
When European Christmas meets Australian suburbia
The art of tour guiding
Society
When you’re driving a bus full of tourists through the Australian outback, a packet of chewing gum may be your only hope
The dying art of hitchhiking
article
Catching a ride with strangers is harder than it looks
My brief and successful career as a landscape labourer
blog
I had a brief and successful career as a landscape labourer. We were building some big park for a new residential community. It was my job to dig trenches, lay pipes and trudge around while everyone else rode on the machines. It was 41 degrees in the …
We don’t daydream now we have iPhones
blog
Last year we celebrated New Year’s in one of Australia's worst towns. There was no phone reception and no way of contacting the outside world, which explained in part why people persisted living there. It was a seaside town. The tides there …
A response to Robyn Annear (on Australian literary magazines)
blog
Dear Robyn, I am writing to say that I enjoyed reading and appreciated your article in the Monthly. I'm interested to hear if your criticism is with literary journals in general or just with those in Australia? If literary journals …