Germination

With all the furniture removed, the house looked tired.

Literature, PlaceSusanna PangJuly 11, 2024home, flood, nostalgia

What if I wanted to be a duck?

I turned off my phone and went to sleep.

By the morning, it had 15,000 notes.

CultureMiles Hiroshi HuynhNovember 12, 2023nostalgia, internet, 2010s, duck, tumblr

Remember when we had things to say

Remember when conversations, or group reminiscing, is a form of idle talk that taps into the collective nostalgia of any group with some semblance of history.

CultureMiles Hiroshi HuynhOctober 23, 2023nostalgia, reminiscing, discursive

Anatomising the N64

Anatomising the N64 isn’t hard when you can peer into the bottle green motherboard, the nucleus of hypnotic rotating graphics, and the labyrinth that allows you to fire off that blue shell.

CultureAmelia RainesAugust 25, 2023culture, Nintendo, N64, nostalgia

Friendship, nostalgia, and isolation: SUDS 'Play On' Review

Play On, written and directed by Gemma Hudson, is an ambitious and exciting cross of And Then There Were None with Heathers.

CampusAngus McGregorAugust 23, 2023SUDS, theatre, student theatre, netball, nostalgia, high school, drama, friends

On the origin of Bertie Beetle

To this day, the Bertie Beetle is by far the most iconic and well-known goodie at the Easter Show and it dazzles children at agricultural shows across Australia.

CultureImogen SabeyJune 3, 2023Bertie Beetle, Easter Show, nostalgia, chocolate, showbag, Peters

REVIEW: SUDS’ Double O’Bill: The Real Inspector Hound and The Bald Soprano - A murder mystery and a middle-class satire walk into a Cellar

Brilliantly adapted by directors Kieran Casey and Charlie Papps, the production offers a night of gut-wrenching laughter and meta-theatrical analysis in their double (O’) bill of two modern absurdist classics

Tales from my cross country skiing youth

Cross country skiing was a sport defined by its sheer insanity.

Culture, SportsChina MeldrumMay 10, 2023sports, ski, skiing, cross country skiing, nostalgia, memories

Modern courtship

It’s 5.30am. You and the rest of the inter-B’s netball team are huddled on a coach in the dark.

Sports, LiteratureBella WellsteadMay 10, 2023sports, netball, nostalgia, memories, haiku

The sweetest, strangest place on earth

There’s something in the air at Disney World Florida.

PlaceMaeve HopperApril 19, 2023nostalgia, Disney, Disneyworld, theme parks, Florida, America

Sprinkle with cheese if desired

A microwave lasagne made me want to cry

RecessPatrick McKenzieApril 19, 2023microwave, lasagne, mouth, food, food writing, nostalgia, family

A 60x zoom into camcorder aesthetics

Camcorders are in a renaissance.

Culture, FilmNandini Dhir and Harry GayApril 19, 2023camcorders, film theory, film history, the body, nostalgia

An ode to the ceiling fan

Yes, that’s right. The ceiling fan. The understated — in fact, overlooked — hero of the Australian household; the saviour of the school classroom on a summer afternoon.

CultureAidan Elwig PollockFebruary 23, 2023ceiling fans, Australiana, nostalgia

Remembering Nookazon: a DIY recipe for disaster

I was shocked to discover that this cottage-core fantasy would turn into a tale of exploitation, cult worship and most surprisingly, potential animal rights violations.

CultureChina MeldrumFebruary 23, 2023capitalism, video games, trading, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo, nostalgia