Though the title of the song sounds like it’s about a dance with someone named Matilda, it’s actually born of an Australian style of poetry called a “bush ballad”—slang in the country for traveling on ...

Journey to a place where the billy boils and the myths burn, writes Michael Turtle. Driving down the Landsborough Highway, through the sun-baked landscapes of Outback Queensland, I spot a pub by the ...

Driving down the Landsborough Highway, through the sun-baked landscapes of Outback Queensland, I spot a pub by the side of the road, wooden balcony out front, a cut-out of a panting dog atop its ...