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June 1, 2022How to make it in business
Succumbing to the Ponzi scheme of publishing a national short-story magazine
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Culture
June 1, 2022How to make it in business
Succumbing to the Ponzi scheme of publishing a national short-story magazine
Society
March 1, 2022Car sick
When the satisfaction of being your own mechanic turns to the unease of driving a car you have put together yourself
Society
August 1, 2021A fisherman’s lament
A solo road trip back to harsh realities
Society
May 1, 2020Rough draught
Keeping up appearances during periods of homelessness
Politics
August 1, 2019How I fought off a robodebt
One man’s battle against the confounding maths of a Centrelink robodebt
Society
June 1, 2018A very early retirement
One man’s pursuit of a life without work
Society
December 1, 2017On the road to Gundagai
An unexpected stop prompts the question: Just what is the deal with the Dog on the Tuckerbox?
Society
August 1, 2017Lessons from camels
A 10-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.
Society
April 1, 2017The stopover
The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis
article
September 1, 2016The perfect host
There’s more to throwing a party than putting out some dips
Society
December 1, 2015A beautiful mess
When European Christmas meets Australian suburbia
Society
June 1, 2015The art of tour guiding
When you’re driving a bus full of tourists through the Australian outback, a packet of chewing gum may be your only hope
article
August 1, 2014The dying art of hitchhiking
Catching a ride with strangers is harder than it looks
blog
February 25, 2014My brief and successful career as a landscape labourer
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 …
Society
November 8, 2013We don’t daydream now we have iPhones
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 were enormous. …