Tracey Croke

David Bowie means many things to many people. But to the locals of Carinda—an extremely small town in extremely remote Australia—he is an icon to be worshipped annually. Writer Tracey Croke road trips to one of the world’s quirkiest small music festivals.

Biking through Namibia with a group of cyclists and e-bikers, keen cyclist Tracey Croke was rewarded with the sweet prize of silence while two-wheeling through the world’s oldest desert looking for the world’s last wild-roaming rhinos. Are e-vehicles the future of sustainable, low-impact and quieter travel in Africa’s safari parks? It’s an amusing scene watching guide Marcel Meier shuffling on all fours around an acacia bush in his bike helmet.

Sydney’s iconic Oxford Street, running through the center of Darlinghurst, is known for being the city’s main queer district and home to the annual Mardi Gras festival. But where does one go for LGBTQIA+ fun outside of Pride week? We ask resident drag queen Kiama Blowhole. I’m two sips into my first G&T when drag queen Kiama Blowhole whips her boobs out. It’s not for attention—she doesn’t need that.