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Browse: Home   /   2019   /   January
The King of Carry On

The King of Carry On

January 30, 2019
by Malcolm Hodge
Yarns

I push through a queue stretching all the way around the check-in hall and straight across the main entrances of Kaohsiung International Airport. Today, Southern…

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I Survived Bolivia's Notorious Death Road

I Survived Bolivia’s Notorious Death Road

January 28, 2019
by Brittiny Edwards
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Shivering in the cold, I hopped onto the mountain bike, awaiting the go-ahead to start the 3700-metre descent. I gripped the handlebars, my white knuckles…

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I Got Locked in a Toilet at a Medieval Festival in Italy

I Got Locked in a Toilet at a Medieval Festival in Italy

January 26, 2019
by Poppy Tohill
Italy Yarns, Yarns

Shit. What’s the Italian word for ‘help’? I frantically wracked my 10-year-old brain and attentively scanned the room for something I could use to pick…

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The Power of Sharing: A Night in County Tipperary

The Power of Sharing: A Night in County Tipperary

January 21, 2019
by Samantha Allen-Craig
Ireland Yarns, Yarns

“Quiet now, Samantha has something she’s going to share with us”. Every eye in the room turns toward me: the outsider lurking in the entrance….

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Some Compliments Are Better Left Unsaid

Some Compliments Are Better Left Unsaid

January 20, 2019
by Hannah Matchett
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I cough and gag one final time, elbows leaning on the porcelain with my hands folded into the bowl. My eyes burn as the tears…

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Navigating My Māori Identity: It's More Than Skin Deep

Navigating My Māori Identity: It’s More Than Skin Deep

January 19, 2019
by Tarikura Kapea
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You know when you’re a kid and someone says to you, “I bet I can beat you to that tree!” so you break into a…

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What I Learned in the Studio Audience of the Ellen DeGeneres Show

What I Learned in the Studio Audience of the Ellen DeGeneres Show

January 15, 2019
by Roger Ma
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It’s midday and I’m standing in a parking lot across the road from Warner Bros. Studio. Around me I can see families, couples, groups of…

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How a Pair of Socks in Japan Changed Everything

How a Pair of Socks in Japan Changed Everything

January 14, 2019
by Nadya Wibowo
Japan Yarns, Yarns

It was 2PM in Osaka, and I was staring a pair of socks to death from the window of a shop in Tsuruhashi. This was…

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Drugged and Kidnapped in Tokyo

Drugged and Kidnapped in Tokyo

January 11, 2019
by Rebecca Stacy
Japan Yarns, Yarns

When I asked my brother what advice he had for me for my trip to Japan I expected him to suggest an ornate shrine, a…

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Typecast as a Drug Mule

Typecast as a Drug Mule

January 10, 2019
by Emilie Hope
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“Ma’am, would you mind stepping over here so that I can test your bag?” The only time I get called “ma’am” in my life is…

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I Welcomed a Psychic Into My Hotel Room

I Welcomed a Psychic Into My Hotel Room

January 8, 2019
by Courtney Edwards
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“Fate has brought us together for a reason, so I need you to listen and take note. It is your call whether you want to…

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So Your Grandparents Are Racist?

So Your Grandparents Are Racist?

January 7, 2019
by Jelena Zaric
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We might blame it on brainwashing from years of threats of the wooden spoon or slipper, but first and second generation Australians really need to…

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