Equipped with a camera, computer, and minimalist quiver, former foreign correspondent Tom de Souza is roaming Indonesia on two wheels, documenting his travels and interviewing characters along the way.
Here, he ventures to West Nusa Tenggara, where itinerant Indonesians work the gold mines while travelling surfers jostle for hollow treasures.
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Equipped with a camera, computer, and minimalist quiver, former foreign correspondent Tom de Souza is roaming Indonesia on two wheels, documenting his travels and interviewing characters along the way.
Here, he explores Bali beyond the digital nomads and restaurants and wellness centres, and seeks out the advice of one of Indonesia’s earliest surf explorers.
Read MoreEquipped with a camera, computer, and minimalist quiver, former foreign correspondent Tom de Souza is roaming Indonesia on two wheels, documenting his travels and interviewing characters along the way.
Here, he investigates rumous that the mythical surfing destination, G-Land, is haunted, and finds chaotic perfection at Desert Point.
Read MoreWandering Victoria’s wild coast.
Read MoreAs an undercover police officer, Steven had to change his identity to fit in with the underworld. Immersed in drugs and crime, he soon became the person he was pretending to be.
Read MoreTom de Souza battled drug addiction and a harrowing stint in juvenile detention to emerge on the other side. In this powerful four-part series he explains how his experiences both shaped and stunted his outlook.
Read MorePaul Cornish is the only undertaker in a wild and remote region the size of a small European country. He deals with snake bites, croc attacks, road train crashes, you name it, but his work has also given him unique insight into the Aboriginal ways of life and death.
Read MoreTom de Souza’s love for a classic 1970s Tom Hoye single fin.
As featured in Tracks Magazine, Issue 588.
Read MoreThese people living in remote Australia tread a fine line between abject poverty and the beautiful simplicity of happiness, writes Tom de Souza.
As featured in The West Australian.
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What it feels like to live and surf on some of Australia’s loneliest and sharkiest coast.
As featured in Tracks Magazine, Issue 582.
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The Old Telegraph Line was once WA’s only direct link with the outside world. It’s now a historic 4WD trek through some of WA’s most remote and unforgiving country.
Read MoreSix decades after he fell under the spell of foam and fibreglass, Tom Hoye is still hand-shaping. He was a twin fin guru in the early 70s but for the last couple of decades he has devoted himself to a five-finned model he calls ‘Da Claw’.
As featured in Tracks Magazine, issue 578.
Read MoreSam is one of my closest friends, he is one of the most trustworthy people I know. And ice made him a murderer.
As featured in The Sunday Times.
Read MoreRoelands Mission was a terrible place. This was where forcibly removed Aboriginal children were brought up the Catholic church in the latter half of the 20th century. But in the early 2000s, when the church put the mission up for sale, a group of those ex-residents saw an opportunity to transform a terrible past into a brighter future.
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Acehnese lifeguard Anis Suleman at his lifeguard post at Lampuuk Beach
“If Lampuuk Beach is safe again, our lives can return to normal.”
As featured on BBC Indonesia
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It’s 10am on Monday morning, and Yiriman Project co-ordinator Scott Herring is squinting at a scorching grid of dusty red streets through his Land Cruiser’s windscreen.
Featured in The West Australian.
Read MoreReflections of an odyssey to an endangered headspace.
Featured in Tracks Magazine - Issue 563
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His teenage years were lost to ice addiction and crime. Now, aged 22, Tom de Souza looks to the future with hope.
As featured in The Weekend Australian Magazine.
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