You know people loooove Byron Bay for its small town hippie vibe slash good waves and ability to find quinoa and kale on every menu? Well Dunsborough is all over that, but just one step ahead of the game: it hasn’t been discovered by half the world yet. Even in the summer, there’s still only a quarter of the people that roam around Byron. This groovy beach town is intellectually nicknamed “Funsborough” for its lack-thereof readily available fun, meaning locals had to create and search for their own adventures. This resulted in a bucketload of outdoor discoveries that have become a mecca for Instagram uploads by non-locals seeking the “douth” lifestyle. .
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How Lockdown Turned My Bustling Seaside Resort into a Ghost Town
I was sitting in the living room with my parents when the news of the first lockdown came…Caruso
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We’re kind of violating the Byron shire’s notorious LoCaL’s oNLy attitude by sharing this secret spot, but frankly,…Sober, Single and Saucy
I woke up on the 1st of January this year in a double bed spooning two of my…All You Need is Love: What It’s Like to Live in a Van With Your Fiancé
“I need to buy some bin bags to shit in or there’ll be an explosion in the night,”…I Ate Ice Cream at Bali’s Biggest Rubbish Dump
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“Wow, there’s no way I could do that!” “It’s been a whole year since you’ve seen each other?”…Michael the (Snake) Charmer: a Month in a Nimbin Commune
When I arrived at his dilapidated treehouse, I complimented Michael on the taxidermy snake he had draped on…Yellow Skin, White Masks
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This is a tale of how five young boys took on the corporate giants, putting the no-questions-asked refund…The Girl, the Brow and the Ice-Cream
It was the Friday of a long weekend and, in true hobo fashion, two friends and I had…A Piranha in Laos
I will never forget the screams of those floating Germans. There I was, belly up on a scorching…Tiger Traps
In the North of India, lost somewhere in the heart of Rajasthan, near a tiny town with a…Finding Solace in Solitude at Eighteen
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Hints of sweet honeysuckle and mint. Crisp forest dew and pine bark, damp. Soft touches of wood-like nectar…Smoking Saved My Life
“Fuck this stupid ass machine.” My feet sloppily kicked a rusty old Marlboro cigarette dispenser as I muttered…Grace, If You’re Reading This, You Owe Us a Fucking Beer
“Prost!” Our steins clunk; beer spills over the side and splashes onto my cheap 50-euro dirndl — but…Beyond the Claddings: A Commune in the City
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“Farkkk. Well, there go our winter holiday plans.” As Gladys announced the NSW-Victorian border closure, I felt my…I Copied an Influencer and Went to a Cacao Ceremony. I Didn’t Love the Aftertaste.
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Staring down the shot glass of yet another pre-10am mezcal, I push any thoughts of What about my…The Overnight Train To The North Pole
If you were to find yourself in streets of Helsinki in the midst of a Finnish winter, don’t…Free Speech and Democracy, Opinion and Truth
I have opinions. I don’t know if my opinions are true. It seems unlikely that all of them…The Writer’s Routine
Six o’clock. Greeting her in the dim light, the mirror on the far wall can only fit a…One More Jewel in the Corona: On Doing Exchange in the US in 2020
This year, I cast aside the dirt-encrusted vouchers for disappointment and bought the VIP Backstage Experience for the…How Backpacking Taught Me to Embrace the Unexpected
It was the night before the Thai new year festival of Songkran, and we were spending it in…The Day I Fell in Love With a Flat Earther
“Tell me something I don’t know,” she said. We were drinking champagne from the bottle, wearing only bathrobes…Nonna’s Lens: Fighting and Finding Stillness in Isolation
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