More than 105,000 Australians belong to The Invisible City, says Tess Lawrence, and some of them may be people you know.
Many Australians and tourists may not have heard of The Invisible City.
And yet it has more people than the cities of Bendigo, Burnie, Ballarat, Bunbury or Bundaberg.
The Invisible City has no infrastructure. It exists without political representation.
Unlike the Great Wall of China, it cannot be seen from outer space.
It has no post code.
It has no telephone prefix.
All roads lead to it. Few roads lead from it.
The Melways doesn’t even list The Invisible City as a dead end. Nor does Gregory’s list it as a cul de sac.
Your GPS will bombard the satellite, but to no avail.
The Invisible City does exist outside of the walls of our imagination.
It is no stately pleasure dome; no Xanadu.
The Invisible City is without borders of any kind. You need no Passport. No Visa. No ID.
You are free to visit and to come and go at any time of your choosing — or to forever stay.
The people of The Invisible City are drawn from all walks of life, religion and ethnic origin.
It is multi-lingual.
It does not discriminate by gender or sexual preferences, or ‘marital status’
There are singles, couples, families with children and babies, preteens, teenagers, groups, gangs and tribes, urban, suburban, city and people from regional and outback Australia.
Wealth is no less an impediment than poverty.
Or age.
More than 105,000 Australians belong to The Invisible City.
In Australia …
