Tasmania — Stories

I Am Australian

I loved that 'the girls part' of the song meant we got to climb over the lyrics and sing a higher harmony while the boys peeled the words apart down low…

Thank You, Music, SchoolBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)17 October 2020proud, TCK, teasing, school, Australia, sing, music, Tasmania, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, dreamtime, Australian, lyrics Comment

Monteverdean Skies

I am celebrating my 27th birthday zip-lining along the emerald enclaves of Costa Rica that strangely remind me of the yawning valleys of my own tiny Lebanese chouf village...

FARAH

I am local. I am multi-local. My childhood is a collection of short stories that flit between Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Australia...

Water Hopper

From old theatres to laneway bars, I walk the Yarra with boys and cars.
With double tongues, I watch bright lights, as I explore and devour the night…

Where Are You From?By Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)5 September 2018where are you from, TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, Identity, cross cultural, culture, Tokyo, Bahrain, Dubai, Melbourne, Tasmania, Sri LankaComment

AVA

My floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlooking the city street doesn't stop me boogie-ing alone in my underpants at home. Melbourne's ideals about acceptance, love and normalisation of a woman's body have helped me shrug off nakedness as no big deal...