A family guide to Cairns and The Great Barrier Reef (with kids)

Since 2020, covid has slammed shut international borders and in (already isolated) Australia we’ve become a hermit nation. A forbidden land down under, ‘saved’ by sheer distance from everything else and padded by the safety of the Pacific and Indian oceans to keep covid out. Read More …

The Anti-Expert Pandemic: Comfort of Conspiracy Theories In a Covid World

Is it just me or has covid brought out all of the nutters? I feel like we’re all trapped in a perpetual version of Dr Seuss’ Wacky Wednesday and we can’t see a way out. Everywhere you look there are conspiracy theories from microchips in Read More …

A Commute Through Manila Backstreets: Gallery

I lived and worked in Manila for 2 years. Living in the Philippines (or anywhere) is very different to just visiting. Sure, a tourist will also experience the culture and atmosphere but living… I mean, doing everyday things in a foreign culture, well… that takes Read More …