#small town australia

[peninsulaisms]

its just not my year (but im all good out here)

[canecutter]

is it cold in the water?

[houseof1000gods]

luuuuuvvvv this house

[sleepydumpling]

From a very early age, maybe 7 or 8, I would play in and travel through the storm drain system of the small town we lived in. Forty years later I still have that whole town drain system mapped out in my mind and can plot an alternative route from any one point to another using the drains. They were also very good hiding spaces from bullies (including my father) and hours of amusement could be found hunting for crayfish, finding guppies or tadpoles, or generally just poking things with sticks. How I survived to adulthood without being stuck in a sudden flash flood, I am not quite sure. Mind you, we also used to play down disused coal mines and at the local landfill rubbish dump.

What, in hindsight, was weird about your childhood?

So, I'm not talking abusive or anything like that. I mean, things you took as normal and commonplace because you were a kid and didn't know anything about the rest of the world, and now you know that it was and is odd. I'll go first. From age 2-7, my family had a wood-fueled cookstove and oven. The house was also heated with wood, which was and is unusual for the United States.

[eroticlamb]

the australian dream

[crumb]

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia (2004)

[yuckdotcom]

small town secrets

[nando161mando]

Facebook post about an ice cream/boba shop in a small town

[neurotypical-sonic]

in my perfect world tom is a librarian. in a small isolated country town. head of the community centre. doing absolutely Everything he can to reach out and provide for everyone especially kids

[peninsulaisms]

when i was a lil kid i thought these were the angels my nanna always told me were watching over me

[canecutter]

asbestos sheds (emulsion transfer / collage) 2024

[houseof1000gods]

[kingandqueencambridge]

[eerycurlew53]

When you’re all excited for summer but when summer actually comes you have no idea what to do because you live in a small town where the only entertainment people do your age do is drugs.

[ohdearyphotography]

Yellow building in Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia. I believe it was High street??? Captured 15 September 2024 on iPhone 11

[clueless1995]

my dad was born in 1951 which like. i Knew but i never really considered until yesterday when we were talking about music and i mentioned that i thought what a wonderful world by louis armstrong might be the most beautiful song i can think of and he said “oh yes, i remember when that came out”

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD HASNT ALWAYS EXISTED IN YOUR LIFE AS A TIMELESS BEACON OF LOVE AND HOPE AND JOY AND ALL THAT IS GOOD ABOUT BEING ALIVE IN THE WORLD