SHANNON SOL CARROLL | Wavelengths
October 26, 2021Life comes in waves. Relationships, careers, weather patterns, even the very time on whose relentless currents we drift; the waves of life carry us and consume us. We can wait patiently for their blessing, be born upon their glassy faces, in complete control and ecstasy, or we can be buried beneath them, their shadow looming over us before plunging us into darkness. As we all do, Shannon ‘Sol’ Carroll has spent his life buoyed upon the incessant undulations of life’s waves. Born in Byron Bay, Shannon’s father was a musician in an early ‘70s band, Moonstone, a resident act at…
TRAVELLING WITHOUT MOVING | Redefine Your World
Let’s face it: COVID sucks. However you look at it, whatever side of the vax fence you may be on, whether little has changed or whether you have lost a job, a business or most tragically of all, a loved…
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE | THE WORLD’S CULTURAL & NATURAL WONDERS
UNESCO is the last line of defence for the world’s most remarkable locations. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – better known by its acronym, UNESCO – recently announced their latest collection of world heritage-listed sites. Spread throughout the world, the…
NGALUNG KALLA | FROM THE EARTH
We are all children of the earth. Whatever we do, whatever choice we make, whatever career we pursue and wherever we choose to lay our roots and call ‘home’, we are equally a part of this single organism called Earth.…
GLEN CASEY | EXALTATIONS
On paper, Glen Casey could be misconstrued as your average surf industry suit. At the age of 20, after a particularly impressive wildcard performance at a Bells Beach event, he joined Rip Curl, first in retail, then taking to the…
MICK WATERS | OUTDATED CHILDREN
A footy-playing kid from the inland western suburbs of Sydney isn’t the most likely candidate for an expert surf filmmaker, especially one who so explicitly conveys the soul and emotion of a life spent in the brine. For Mick Waters,…
WHAT’S THE BEEF WITH SOY? | DEBUNKING SOY MYTHS
Meat-eaters seem to have an issue with soy. Tofu, tempeh, soy milk, soy ice cream — whatever form it comes in, they’ll have something to say about it. Latching onto tenuous facts, expounding upon disproven rumors and proliferating statistics to…
FROM ZULUS TO ULUS | THE KALEIDOSCOPIC LIFE OF MEL PRETORIUS
The echoes of our past reverberate through our lives, shaping and moulding us, dictating our perspectives, defining our choices. The dry and dusty heartland of South Africa is almost as contrasting to the wave-soaked beaches of Bali as any two…
ROTHSCHILD SAFARIS | YOUR SAFARI EXPLAINED
Discover More About Your African Adventure When you first begin contemplating your next African safari, especially if it is your first time, you would be forgiven for prescribing to numerous misnomers or misunderstandings. Even the term ‘safari’ can lead to…
MARTE ROVIK | NO FIXED ABODE
When the shit hits the fan – or the virus hits the headlines, as today’s more relevant metaphor might be – it is our tendency to retreat to the security of home. Lost in the world, drifting foreign lands, we…
ANGUS MCDONALD | FINDING CALLING
We all have a calling. Not some profound pilgrimage through distant landscapes or spending four years flat on your back and inducing RSI through devotedly muralling an Italian chapel ceiling. A calling can be anything. For some, it is as…
