I've got a story in the Down Under Taste Test short story collection, just released by Torquere Press.

In "Almost Paradise", Nimbin is an odd place, part tourist town, part relic of the Seventies, and Lee finds that the graffiti and bright paint hide significant shadows.




The rocks that overlook the town


Inside the museum


Inside the museum


Do you think I made up that detail in the story about the egg-beaters?


Inside the museum


Inisde the museum


No, really


This place actually exists










The surrounding countryside is amazingly beautiful too


Even the Hard Wok Café is real

I had to be careful not to use photos that showed people's faces, because of the culture of the place. Most of the photos I took were shot from the hip, without being framed, out of concern that the dealers would take my camera off me. Nimbin is beautiful and scary.

And here's a bonus sunset-at-Byron Bay photo, since that's mentioned in the story too: