“You cheeky little monkeh,” my free-spirited British cousin would always say. She has only been here, in Melbourne, Australia, for three days to attend a family wedding, and every member of our family has somewhere to take her. We took her to one of Melbourne’s greatest tourist attractions, the Great Ocean Road. The car was […]
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I took this on top of Mount Sugarloaf, Newcastle, Australia. I climbed this mountain (when I say climb, I mean we drove and walked up some steps. It was not a very aggressive climb) with my sister and her boyfriend, so it wasn’t exactly a place I made my own kind of special. There was, […]
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Hey, everyone! So this article is more of a personal one than an advice/factual one as it is a recount of the best day of my life! My name is Hannah. I live near Sydney, Australia, and in the last week of May we were honoured to have the one and only Jennifer Niven stay […]
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Author of two of the most carefully crafted books of all time, Sophie Hardcastle holds a raw talent of shaping works worthy of discovery. Her soft but honest approach to mental illness lights up the pages as her readers follow closely behind her, glued to her words. I read Breathing Under Water on the sands […]
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A three-day trip to Byron Bay (the most easterly point of Australia mainland) ends faster than you realise, but neither do you realise how many impressions you get before you come home, sit down for a moment, and go over all the pictures in a flashback. Glancing over the blue, endless looking ocean that presents […]
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Every January, Australians argue about the same thing: Australia Day. Whether it should be celebrated or not, when it should be, its name, etc. I, personally, don’t exactly know the true meaning of America’s 4th of July, so, for anyone outside of Australia, I thought I’d give a bit of background knowledge of what Australia […]
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As an overseas student currently studying in Australia (or as they say — Straya, where everything tries to kill you), I am fortunate enough to have freedom — and, of course, money from my parents — to go wherever I want without much supervision. However, since I’m under 18, I can only go on day […]
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These entries from January’s challenge were selected as Honorable Mentions. Those who completed this challenge are now encouraged to share their stories in the comments section of the “January Writing Challenge.” Georgia M. 15 UK I stared at her. I stared at him. There is a wall between us, a wall of distrust, a wall […]
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Welcome back to Badass Ladies in History, everyone! This month’s badass lady was a businesswoman in the beauty and cosmetics industry and would eventually impact an innumerable amount of women’s lives with her “miracle product.” Born in Krakow, Poland, in 1870, Helena Rubinstein was the first of 8 daughters to Augusta and Horace Rubinstein. Her father […]
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