Born to run

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MOST BIG CITIES have a smaller, poorer offspring that never manages to wear its pants quite right. London has Essex, Manchester has Bolton, Sydney has Wollongong, Adelaide has Elizabeth, New York has Newark and Melbourne has Geelong.

Geelong is where I’m from.

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Hamish Townsend

Hamish Townsend is a Geelong-born freelance writer who spent time living in the remote indigenous community of Maningrida in Arnhem Land. In the past...

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