One of the most precious places on earth
Discovering one of the most rare and valuable wildernesses an hour south of home…
Torre DeRoche is the author of two travel memoirs, Love with a Chance of Drowning (2013) and The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the World (due out September 2017). She has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian Travel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Emirates, and two Lonely Planet anthologies.
Surviving the Melbourne Winter Blues
Melbourne weather is tough. The transition between summer and winter is not a gradual twist of the thermostat, it’s an overnight snap between heatstroke and frostbite.
Hanging Out in Bookstores
Bookstores! The smell of paper. The piles of stories. All the great authors pressed tightly together, spooning on the shelves. These are some of the reasons that you’re be more likely to find me in a bookstore than a bar on a Saturday night.
Why I Love Melbourne (In Technicolor)
From my recent bicycle galavanting around my home in Melbourne, Australia, here are some sights that caught my eye. Many pretty, gritty (and sometimes shitty) artworks reside in tucked away alleys …
A Love Affair With Bike Riding
I’m in love with my bike. When the sun goes down and the street lights come on and everyone scurries off into their homes, I want to keep charging into the darkness just to feel the burn of cold air on my cheeks …
Bike Wobbles
PING! A gaggle of serious cyclists snapped me from my reverie. It seemed I was congesting the traffic with my non-aerodynamic cut-off jeans and my relaxed tempo, so I veered off the trail and out of the way until I was passed by a blur of logos and high-tec cycling accoutrements.
