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I Survived Bolivia's Notorious Death Road

I Survived Bolivia’s Notorious Death Road

January 28, 2019
by Brittiny Edwards
Yarns

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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Losing My Mum at Six Years Old

Losing My Mum at Six Years Old

August 23, 2018
by Meg Fitzallen-Peck
Yarns

I enter the hospital room and my body freezes. Before me stands a lifeless room full of clinical white light. Death lingers in the fringes,…

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Killing in the Name Of

Killing in the Name Of

August 13, 2018
by Immi Campbell
Vietnam Yarns, Yarns

The reactions are diverse when you tell someone you’ve decapitated a live chicken in Vietnam: I’ve been laughed at for my inept bravery, labelled as…

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"I Thought I Was Going to Die": Engine Failure 35,000 Feet Up

“I Thought I Was Going to Die”: Engine Failure 35,000 Feet Up

September 1, 2017
by Sophie Nicolas
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“I hope you’ll all be saying a prayer, and I’ll say one too. Let’s hope we land safely.” The intercom clicked off. * On the…

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Finding Comfort in Coach: On Dealing With Death

Finding Comfort in Coach: On Dealing With Death

June 24, 2017
by Renee Holt
Features

All I want to do is see him, hug him, tell him a funny joke. As I curl my fingers around the yellow rose I…

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Fear and Loathing in France

Fear and Loathing in France

May 19, 2017
by Scout Boxall
France Yarns, Yarns

France is a cold, proud place. In winter, the snow is brittle and grimy, white like bone. And the people seem equally cold-blooded. They walk…

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Down at the Burning Ghats

Down at the Burning Ghats

March 29, 2017
by Mardi Wilson
India Yarns, Yarns

The holy river was choked with garbage. Mounds of single-use cups and plastic bags swam alongside shimmering gold fabric and clumps of human hair. On…

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Lessons in Grief

Lessons in Grief

January 28, 2017
by Daisy D'Souza
Yarns

When I replay the memory of the moment I found out Dad had died, it’s like a film, sped-up, where I’m the lead character and…

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Why I Don't Have A Boyfriend

Why I Don’t Have A Boyfriend

December 21, 2016
by The Hobos
Yarns

I’m 24 and I don’t have a boyfriend. In the small country town where I’m from – Bendigo – this makes me a minority. Every…

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Beauty and Death in the Yukon

Beauty and Death in the Yukon

July 20, 2016
by Ellen Rykers
Yarns

I trudge up to the creek. It doesn’t look that bad from a distance – a silver ribbon braided through a blanket of rocks. But…

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Love and Death in Indonesia

Love and Death in Indonesia

November 15, 2015
by Ben Sardinsky
Yarns

I felt embarrassed and degraded, as though I’d been turned back into a screaming infant who didn’t know how to shit on its own. My…

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Blooded by Babe

Blooded by Babe

March 3, 2014
by Gravy
Yarns

I killed a pig once, in provincial France. By killed, I mean I held its rear left leg while two men held a front leg…

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