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The Trouble with Paradise

The Trouble with Paradise

August 11, 2016
by Hannah Hughes
Don't Be a Dick, Features

It felt surreal despite the bloody normalcy of it all. Where were the paparazzi, the dark sunglasses? I was at Sydney airport and I’d just…

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Why Travelling Poor is Awesome

Why Travelling Poor is Awesome

July 20, 2015
by Freya Ingebørg
Features

Finding yourself overseas with an empty bank account is commonplace for most who laboured under the myth — probably at your shitty local pub —…

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Hobo University: Day 3

Hobo University: Day 3

October 18, 2014
by Freya Ingebørg
Yarns

Wake up, cross the sewage creek, dodge the angry plovers, say, “Peace out, Ms. Friz,” and head to the pool. A swim in the water…

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Hobo University: Day 2

Hobo University: Day 2

October 17, 2014
by Freya Ingebørg
Yarns

The walk from the bushes to the uni is a bit of an adventure. First, you must make your way on the stepping boulders that…

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Hobo University: Night 1

Hobo University: Night 1

October 17, 2014
by Freya Ingebørg
Yarns

In the evening, I am interrupted from my assignment frenzy by a ravenous Ms. Frizzle pounding against the library windows. After discussing via mime the…

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Hobo University: Day 1

Hobo University: Day 1

October 15, 2014
by Freya Ingebørg
Yarns

So what do you do if you’re homeless – kicked out, abandoned, left; have a full week of university, including six assignments (4 x 2000-word…

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Living Skint in Melbourne

Living Skint in Melbourne

November 6, 2013
by Connor Graham
Features, Melbourne Tips

Melbourne is a city rife with opportunity for the global hobo to exercise their hoboish initiative. Last summer, three friends and I decided to forgo…

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Minesweeping

Minesweeping

September 11, 2013
by Freya Ingebørg
Features, Living Cheap

So it’s 2am, the bar closes at 3, you’re dead broke and for the last few hours you have been running on the half sack…

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