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I Sell My Body To Drug Companies

I Sell My Body To Drug Companies

May 17, 2017
by Jennifer Rickward
Yarns

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….

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Stop Bloody Counting the Countries You "Do"

Stop Bloody Counting the Countries You “Do”

May 16, 2017
by Maddy Paradise
Features

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?”…

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Danger and Disaster on an African Road Trip

Danger and Disaster on an African Road Trip

May 15, 2017
by Vida Schiff
Yarns

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…

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Ever Heard of a Girlish Explorer?

Ever Heard of a Girlish Explorer?

May 15, 2017
by Maya Skidmore
Features

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…

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Love on Speed

Love on Speed

May 12, 2017
by Maddie Vlismas
Yarns

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…

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A Realisation in Ubud

A Realisation in Ubud

May 12, 2017
by Freya Ingebørg
Features

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…

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I Fractured My Collarbone - and My Ego - in Bali

I Fractured My Collarbone – and My Ego – in Bali

May 11, 2017
by Maddy Paradise
Bali Yarns, Yarns

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…

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Fear and Freedom on a Solo Roadtrip

Fear and Freedom on a Solo Roadtrip

May 8, 2017
by Eva Davis-Boermans
Features

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…

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Try New Things - Except Bikram

Try New Things – Except Bikram

May 8, 2017
by Pat Boxall
Yarns

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…

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Day Out at The Kingdom of Little People

Day Out at The Kingdom of Little People

May 8, 2017
by Mel Melville
China Yarns, Yarns

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…

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I Fell in Love Abroad and All I Got was This Plastic Key Ring

I Fell in Love Abroad and All I Got was This Plastic Key Ring

May 5, 2017
by Ellen Reay
Yarns

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…

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Is It Okay to Adopt a Street Dog on Holiday?

Is It Okay to Adopt a Street Dog on Holiday?

May 5, 2017
by Katie Lambert
Features

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….

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