The Lap: Days 61-66: This part of paradise
I awoke to the sound of her playing Beethoven after her first piano student for the day left. I went next door and asked her to play me a Chopin piece...
The Lap: Days 59 & 60: Flying and hanging on
On the second dive, we were instructed to perform a basic free descent upon entering the water, instead of following the mooring line down. The waves ...
The Lap: Days 55, 56, 57, 58: Cornering on straights
Riding long distances on heavily cambered roads means one side of the tyre wears faster. In countries where you drive on the left, this means the righ...
The Lap: Day 54: Welcome to WA!
"How's the road?", I asked the man outside the sign board at the turn off.
"It's fucked", he spat, "where you going?"
I woke up to some girls ...
The Lap: Day 53: Got a smoke?
I left Darwin this morning, riding through Katherine and Timber Creek, towards the Western Australia border. I pulled over to call it a day some 750 ...
The Lap: Days 50, 51, 52: Old shoe, new friends, and a middle finger
I dropped in at the rangers' office at Mary River National Park, and told them I'd be heading over to a couple of spots on the road into the delta. Af...
The Lap: Days 46, 47, 48, 49: Topping up at the Top End
I planned on walking the 4 km with my jerry can, but luckily, just as I put the bike on the stand, the first car I saw on the road in 2 hours offered ...
The Lap: Days 44 and 45: Hey CU in the NT, here’s a roo and a thunderstorm!
"If I'm gonna hit him, I'd rather hit him going fast than while slowing down and risk losing control", Ben had told me a week ago of his motorcycle vs...
In Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Review by Chelsea Pickens
Disclaimer: This review is coming unashamedly from the Harry Potter fandom. I’m one of those people. I have horcruxes ha...
The Lap: Days 22-42/43: The Blur/ Here I go again!
https://youtu.be/WyF8RHM1OCg
Great song.
I meant to write a post summing up my time in Cairns before I left, but I never got around to it. Now I...
In Review: They Shall Not Grow Old
Written by Chelsea Pickens
Being real for a second, the draw of this documentary film for me was undeniably that 'it was something by Peter Jackson...
In Review: Medusa at Loft at Q
Words Alysha Jensen photos Julie Zhu
Medusa will attack your senses, your emotions and all views you have on the power structures around us. Be pre...
The Lap: Days 17, 18, 19, 20: Stranded In Paradise
I woke up in the 20ft container I decided to sleep in on the road train. I maximised my time asleep by not going to the city to a backpackers, and bac...
The Lap: Days 15 & 16: The Big Off
Day 15
I woke up to birdsong and the smell of wet earth from the rains overnight, feeling fantastic and ready for another day's riding towards Cape Y...
The Lap: Day 14: Momentum is your friend
"Momentum is your friend", I was told multiple times by multiple people over the past week. "Keep your weight on the pegs on the corrugations, and ste...
The Lap: Days 11, 12, 13: Well, you’re up!
Day 11:
"Are you guys going across that on your bikes?", the lady standing next to me by her car said before Ben bolted. Apparently he'd asked me to ...
In Review: A Star Is Born
"A Star is Born" is something of a Hollywood institution, seemingly being remade for every generation. Yes, it seems that the timeless story of the pe...
Interview: Malia Johnston discusses directing WOW®
With less than two weeks till this year’s World of WearableArt® season begins, show director Malia Johnston treats us to an inside scoop of what to ex...
Interview: ASHY discusses her latest single ‘Over You’ and plans for the future
With her latest single ‘Over You’ released and more on the way, ASHY (Aswini Batchelor) is the freshest pop talent coming out of Christchurch. At only...
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In Review: Orientation
There’s something legitimately discomforting with the first half of Orientation.
It’s certainly not bad theatre; the music is sound, the lighting m...
In Review: A Simple Favor
Review by Chelsea Pickens
As I think is probably true with a lot people, I only really know Blake Lively as the ‘cool sexy girl’ from Gossip girl an...