The Danger of Achieving Your Life Dreams

I’m not a negative person. This isn’t some click-bait, anti-self-help article.  You see, I was watching quite a depressing documentary last night on the late Tim Bergling, better known as the DJ and dance music producer Avicci. The 28-year-old was one of the more recent Read More …

From the happines of survival-mode poverty to an anxious ‘better life’.

A journey from the struggles of a ‘developing country’ culture to the ‘lucky’ developed west. I’ve spent a lot of time travelling through developing countries and diverse cultures over the last 10 years. I’ve trudged the gritty streets of Manila, navigated auto-rickshaws, cows and swarms Read More …

A Guide to Sydney New Year’s Eve Fireworks from the Sydney Opera House Forecourt

Happy New Year! Can you believe the earth has flung another full rotation around our sun and brought us the start of another year, another era and perhaps a new beginning? Time is a mad-made concept to an extent. A convenient shared metric to measure Read More …

6 tips for exploring destinations off the beaten track

Travel is the greatest source of adventure and cultural experience in the world. In fact, more people than ever are taking the skies, seas, and roads, in search of the great travel experience. Indeed, it was revealed that 45% of travellers in 2018 have some Read More …

Growing Up in Balmain: A journey to my childhood home

The ferry boat pushes me out into the harbour with a mechanical grunt and churn followed by a thrash of whitewash from pushy propellers. With a blow of the horn, we bob awkwardly out into the open bay, fighting the current as the large boat Read More …