December 1, 2017
On the road to Gundagai
Society
An unexpected stop prompts the question: Just what is the deal with the Dog on the Tuckerbox?
Robert Skinner
By this author
April 1, 2017
The stopover
Society
The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis
August 1, 2017
Lessons from camels
Society
A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
September 1, 2016
The perfect host
article
There’s more to throwing a party than putting out some dips
December 1, 2015
A beautiful mess
Society
When European Christmas meets Australian suburbia
June 1, 2015
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
August 1, 2014
The dying art of hitchhiking
article
Catching a ride with strangers is harder than it looks
February 25, 2014
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 …
November 8, 2013
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 …
October 10, 2013
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 …