TWO STEPS FORWARD ONE STEP SIDEWAYS
ew Italy is a town straight out of some rural Australian kid’s archive of Twilight Zone fan-fiction. You’ll be driving up the New South Wales coast for a much-needed getaway and suddenly, out of nowhere – some 700 kilometres North of Sydney, amidst a sprawling nirvana of absolutely f*** all – appears a small, yet ever-so-bustling village of shops and Italian restaurants, entirely unfazed by its remoteness or peculiarity. And though it’s largely unknown to those who haven’t passed through (or visited) it, New Italy has been thriving since 1882, when it was established by homesick immigrants determined to recapture the unique spirit
