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"We Won Tumut": A COVID-Inspired Roadtrip

“We Won Tumut”: A COVID-Inspired Roadtrip

August 24, 2020
by Lucy Small
Australia Yarns, Yarns

Every good road trip starts with a morning after pill. The morning after pill is basically the same as time travel and is particularly good…

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Chum: Breathing in the Black Lives Matter Movement

Chum: Breathing in the Black Lives Matter Movement

July 15, 2020
by Nahum Gale
Features

“Too black for the white kids, and too white for the black.” That’s a line from the 2013 single ‘Chum’ by African-American rapper Earl Sweatshirt….

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How Living in a Hare Krishna Community Turned Me Vegetarian

How Living in a Hare Krishna Community Turned Me Vegetarian

May 19, 2020
by Gaia Lamperti
Australia Yarns, Yarns

“Eating is a spiritual practice, and if you do it right, it will boost your health and your mindfulness.” Vaḷḷi, a female meditation guru with…

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Coronavirus and the Roar of America

Coronavirus and the Roar of America

April 2, 2020
by Alistair Johnston
Features

I read an article once, by a man whose name I cannot remember, which attributed the differences between occidental and oriental cultures to the incidence…

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Death in the Time of Corona

Death in the Time of Corona

March 27, 2020
by Megan Dye
Yarns

I was prepared for one of them to die. Before I left the UK to go travelling, I made a list of family members I…

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So, Those Bushfires

So, Those Bushfires

March 19, 2020
by Brittany Aitken
Yarns

Bundarra is a tiny little village about an hour from Armidale, which is an hour and a half from Tamworth, or nearly three from Coffs…

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January 26: An Exhibition of Patriotism

January 26: An Exhibition of Patriotism

January 21, 2020
by Isaac Freeman
Features

On January 26, exhibitions are held throughout Australia’s campgrounds. The central themes of said exhibitions are that of patriotism and its associated behaviours. These grounds…

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I Don’t Remember the Countdown, I’m Puking My Guts Up, and I’ve Done This Before

I Don’t Remember the Countdown, I’m Puking My Guts Up, and I’ve Done This Before

January 20, 2020
by Kyara Strachan
Australia Yarns, Yarns

Because I cannot bear the thought of spending New Year’s alone, I get in a car with a friend and two others I’ve never met…

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The Real Shock in Culture Shock

The Real Shock in Culture Shock

December 5, 2019
by Alex Ward
Editorial

The first hint was Buienradar. Why would it ever be useful to have an app that shows you only the next two hours of precipitation…

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Quit Judging Snap-Happy Tourists

Quit Judging Snap-Happy Tourists

November 28, 2019
by Jessica Martyn
Editorial

It’s a well-worn archetype, that of the foreigner striding through busy city streets with a smartphone or an expensive-looking camera in hand, snapping a new…

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What the Feck is a Backstop? An Irish-Australian's Take on Brexit

What the Feck is a Backstop? An Irish-Australian’s Take on Brexit

October 9, 2019
by Sinead Francis-Coan
Current Affairs

Drifting in and out of sleep in Australian Eastern Standard time, the latest news alerts come in from the hot mess that is currently Brexit…

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Melbourne // Southern Africa: A Series of Stories

Melbourne // Southern Africa: A Series of Stories

October 7, 2019
by Tembi Tlhabane
Africa Yarns, Australia Yarns, Yarns

April 2007 In 1994 in Melbourne, Australia, my dad sat in peace. He had marched and fought, and now could return to the country he’d…

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