The Man With No Face

by Mark Mordue | Dec 2, 2020

“What’s going on here?” a middle-aged man asks. He stands at the table set up by Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) outside Addi Road’s Food Pantry Marrickville. I tell him we are helping put together Christmas cards from people who are unemployed and...

A Month of Waste-Free Meals

by Mark Mordue | Nov 27, 2020

Celia has done a beautiful thing. So simple and perfect.   On her blog she talks about shopping at Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville. Then Celia shares her recipes and explains how Addi Road has become her main shopping place, making delicious meals with rescued food...

Sonic Truth – Addi Road opens the vault and releases a music festival

by Mark Mordue | Nov 26, 2020

“I don’t want to be the rock ‘n’ roll guy anymore. I want to be the healer.” Bartley Melocco speaks like a man with a purpose. There’s a lot of pride and amusement around his past as a roadie and production rigger. But Bartley changed direction in life long ago and...

Faces of Addi Road: Eilish

by Mark Mordue | Oct 6, 2020

Are those four people you are with your flatmates? Eilish half-shrugs and says, “Yeah, some of them.” Some of them? “Well … I live in a really big share house.” How big is big? “Oh, there’s about 40 people that I live with in all.” 40?!! Then Eilish laughs and has to...

Creativity and Mental Health in Tough Times – A Conversation

by Mark Mordue | Sep 30, 2020

What do we make of ourselves in the time of Covid-19? What kind of face might we have behind our masks? How do we cope with a year that began in fire and smoke, and closes with the same environmental nightmare looming? All the while, we must learn how to cope with the...