An office worker adjusts his desk chair up a notch, then back down again before lunchA man tightens a cupboard hinge that has been loose for months, using the only screwdriver in the house that still fitsA woman decants a new box of pasta into the jar that still had some left in itA P-plate driver adjusts the rear-view mirror by a few degrees before pulling out of an empty drivewayA man rotates his pillow to the cooler side without fully waking upA commuter moves one seat down on a train carriage for slightly more legroomA man checks that the oven is off from the hallway before leaving the houseA woman waters a pot plant that she watered the previous evening, just in caseAn office worker eats lunch at his desk with one hand still resting on the mouseA man lines the wheelie bin up with the edge of the driveway before wheeling it out to the kerbA woman checks that the front door is locked a second time after already checking itA man coils the garden hose back onto its reel in three neat loopsAn office worker replaces the printer paper before the tray is fully emptyA man checks the tyre pressure on all four tyres despite having checked them the week beforeA woman refolds the towels in the linen cupboard so every fold lines up exactlyAn office worker adjusts his desk chair up a notch, then back down again before lunchA man tightens a cupboard hinge that has been loose for months, using the only screwdriver in the house that still fitsA woman decants a new box of pasta into the jar that still had some left in itA P-plate driver adjusts the rear-view mirror by a few degrees before pulling out of an empty drivewayA man rotates his pillow to the cooler side without fully waking upA commuter moves one seat down on a train carriage for slightly more legroomA man checks that the oven is off from the hallway before leaving the houseA woman waters a pot plant that she watered the previous evening, just in caseAn office worker eats lunch at his desk with one hand still resting on the mouseA man lines the wheelie bin up with the edge of the driveway before wheeling it out to the kerbA woman checks that the front door is locked a second time after already checking itA man coils the garden hose back onto its reel in three neat loopsAn office worker replaces the printer paper before the tray is fully emptyA man checks the tyre pressure on all four tyres despite having checked them the week beforeA woman refolds the towels in the linen cupboard so every fold lines up exactly
Vol. 1, No. 1 — Nothing Special EditionMelbourne 25° ☁️ · UV max 5.7 at 1pm — Sydney 21°, which we have checked

The Daily Unremarkable

Excitement Index
Today: 10/100
Developing
Neighbourhood

Northcote's New Bakery Rivalry Forces Everyone To Pick A Side

I've got a bakery now. I didn't choose to have one. But I have one.

By Our Café Correspondent · · 2 min read

Six square puff pastry danishes topped with apricot halves, crushed pistachio and icing sugar, arranged on a wooden board beside a bowl of fresh apricots and a copper sugar sifter

Showing 6 of 42

Every story we have ever run →