“Free to a good home” – Big Issue Column #531

He was truly a bloke of the 90s. An uncombed mop of hair hid an attractive face with strong features. Chicks dug him. He...

“Game Changer” – The Weekend Australian Magazine

A feature story for the Weekend Australian Magazine, March 2017 The pinball wizard saving elderly people's lives Photo credit: Julian Kingma The old clunkers still work fine....

“Better be Home Soon – a homecoming story” – North and South Magazine (NZ)

Feature story for North and South Magazine, September 2016 What's driving the New Zealand exodus from the lucky country? The 39th floor of Melbourne’s Eureka Tower...

“The Young One” – Big Issue Column #530

The last time I was bailed up and ranted to by great uncle Anson I followed the generally accepted convention of nodding quietly and...

“Capital Games” – Tiger Tales inflight magazine

Published in Tiger Tales, January 2017 If you find yourself walking down Lonsdale Street in the inner-northern Canberra suburb of Braddon (and frankly you could...

“Tramping Horoscopes” – Wilderness Magazine

A year in preview for Wilderness Magazine, January 2017 Aries It used to be all so easy, didn’t it? You bounded up mountains, splashed down rivers,...

“News From the Campground” – Big Issue Column #527

While some hollow hacks proclaim the holiday season to be slow news central, this column has made an annual tradition of bringing you hard-hitting...

“Sitting Still” – Big Issue Column #528

Here’s to a year of sitting still. My new year’s resolution is to plagiarise every disgraced politician and washed-up sports star by vowing to...