Opening and closing my fist repeatedly, I try in vain to get my blood pumping. My veins are but a shred of their former self….
If you’ve left your home country at least once, there is a very high chance someone has asked you “How many countries have you visited?”…
Authors Note: I’ve done many stupid white-girl things in my 25 years, and often acted out on my privilege. Often out of fear and often…
We all know about the Great Explorers. When I was eight, I learned about ‘em all in one big Friday arvo whammy. Ernest Shackleton, Captain…
We’d met on our respective gap-year trips across Europe. How very unique and Australian of us. A mutual friend said we were destined to be…
A two-hour scooter ride through wet rice paddies and shadowy rainforest, and I was descending into the valley of Ubud. Overwhelmed by the busy streets…
My eyes flash open. All I can see in the moonlight is asphalt. Unforgiving asphalt. Metallic fear fills my mouth. My scooter is still wedged…
My van, Nessie, was tucked in beside the river, squished between three backpackers and a family in a caravan. When you travel alone, there’s no…
I’m on a mission to try new things. Not necessarily huge endeavours, just a little something I’ve never done before. I’ve always felt happiest when…
Just outside of Kunming city, in the beautiful state of Yunnan in China, there lays an amusement park run by people with dwarfism: The Kingdom…
He made me nervous from the moment I saw him. It was the first day of college. Both of us had chosen a small town…
I’m in an abandoned theme park in Bali, peering down at the dishevelled buildings, the walls littered with graffiti and a maze of overgrown foliage….
