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Anson Cameron

Brisbane Times

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I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

Sal’s confidence picked up as quickly as her swimming speed. But there was a reason she left me in her wake.

10.01.2025 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret
10.01.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret
10.01.2025 6

The Age

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

Sal’s confidence picked up as quickly as her swimming speed. But there was a reason she left me in her wake.

10.01.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 6

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 6

The Age

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 5

WA Today

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

Aides-memoire are rats cloaked as puppies and will bite your arse. I was once acquainted with a bloke named Fred, a man who swooned at mirrors and...

01.11.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

Aides-memoire are rats cloaked as puppies and will bite your arse. I was once acquainted with a bloke named Fred, a man who swooned at mirrors and...

01.11.2024 2

The Age

Anson Cameron

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

Aides-memoire are rats cloaked as puppies and will bite your arse. I was once acquainted with a bloke named Fred, a man who swooned at mirrors and...

01.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

The first warm day of spring is the latest pearl strung on a necklace of days that stretch back to your infancy. What is it about this day that...

15.10.2024 1

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

The first warm day of spring is the latest pearl strung on a necklace of days that stretch back to your infancy. What is it about this day that...

15.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Alone, out there in rough seas, I remember what it means to be alive

You can’t see far when you’re swimming in the ocean in rough water. It’s like lying face down among a herd of agitated hogs, closing one eye,...

03.10.2024 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Alone, out there in rough seas, I remember what it means to be alive

You can’t see far when you’re swimming in the ocean in rough water. It’s like lying face down among a herd of agitated hogs, closing one eye,...

03.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

In the days before cameras, these cops kept us safe in their own way

The ex-coppers have gone to seed in the way pro-athletes do – flat-footed, bung-kneed – a disdain for exercise now it’s no longer a requirement....

20.09.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

In the days before cameras, these cops kept us safe in their own way

The ex-coppers have gone to seed in the way pro-athletes do – flat-footed, bung-kneed – a disdain for exercise now it’s no longer a requirement....

20.09.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

In the days before cameras, these cops kept us safe in their own way

The ex-coppers have gone to seed in the way pro-athletes do – flat-footed, bung-kneed – a disdain for exercise now it’s no longer a requirement....

20.09.2024 2

The Age

Anson Cameron

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end, he still called the shots

It was midnight and I had drunk a midnight’s worth of wine and the party was nearly over. I was talking to a friend about the difficulties of...

06.09.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end, he still called the shots

It was midnight and I had drunk a midnight’s worth of wine and the party was nearly over. I was talking to a friend about the difficulties of...

06.09.2024 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me, I have nothing to fear

“Write a column in the style of Anson Cameron about a column written by AI.” After an unnervingly brief wait there is this: “The typewriter’s...

23.08.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I wanted to walk my dog but a Karen had other ideas. Here’s how I won

A 60-year-old woman with expensive hair and fluoro tights leapt from the ferns and threw her arms out, blocking the track in front of me. “Stop,”...

23.08.2024 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me, I have nothing to fear

“Write a column in the style of Anson Cameron about a column written by AI.” After an unnervingly brief wait there is this: “The typewriter’s...

23.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I wanted to walk my dog but a Karen had other ideas. Here’s how I won

A 60-year-old woman with expensive hair and fluoro tights leapt from the ferns and threw her arms out, blocking the track in front of me. “Stop,”...

23.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me, I have nothing to fear

“Write a column in the style of Anson Cameron about a column written by AI.” After an unnervingly brief wait there is this: “The typewriter’s...

23.08.2024 2

The Age

Anson Cameron

I wanted to walk my dog but a Karen had other ideas. Here’s how I won

A 60-year-old woman with expensive hair and fluoro tights leapt from the ferns and threw her arms out, blocking the track in front of me. “Stop,”...

23.08.2024 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me, I have nothing to fear

“Write a column in the style of Anson Cameron about a column written by AI.” After an unnervingly brief wait there is this: “The typewriter’s...

23.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I wanted to walk my dog but a Karen had other ideas. Here’s how I won

A 60-year-old woman with expensive hair and fluoro tights leapt from the ferns and threw her arms out, blocking the track in front of me. “Stop,”...

23.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I want what she’s having: One bride’s Mr Darcy makes another woman weep

As the lovers spoke their vows, I watched a young woman in a cerise dress sitting in the congregation in front of me. She was lost in their story,...

07.08.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I want what she’s having: One bride’s Mr Darcy makes another woman weep

As the lovers spoke their vows, I watched a young woman in a cerise dress sitting in the congregation in front of me. She was lost in their story,...

07.08.2024 1

The Age

Anson Cameron

I want what she’s having: One bride’s Mr Darcy makes another woman weep

As the lovers spoke their vows, I watched a young woman in a cerise dress sitting in the congregation in front of me. She was lost in their story,...

07.08.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I want what she’s having: One bride’s Mr Darcy makes another woman weep

As the lovers spoke their vows, I watched a young woman in a cerise dress sitting in the congregation in front of me. She was lost in their story,...

07.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron