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TROPIC • COVER STORY

Humble

beginnings

SOMETHING SPECIAL
Tropic’s co-founder and
Managing Director reminisces
about the early days.

Words: Leah Horstmann

And with the blink of an eye, we’re hitting Well, that pretty much sums up what
the ‘upload’ button for Issue 30 Tropic is about; never settling for good
of Tropic magazine. enough, pushing boundaries and
Thirty issues and five years on, the feeling striving to produce a magazine that is
at this moment hasn’t changed: even better than the last.
an overwhelming sense of excitement and On reflection, Tropic came about for very
also relief, tinged with just a smidgen of personal reasons.
doubt. Have we overlooked anything?
Are there any mistakes? We love to read
Could we have done any more? We are obsessed with current affairs
We are inspired by the stories and
people of our region
We have a thirst for art, Magazine production and distribution
was coordinated from a suburban
design and creativity, and
We know there are plenty more people Queenslander while face-to-face
meetings took place in coffee shops in
in Cairns who think like we do – that and around the city.
positivity produces the best outcomes.
Tropic HQ on Mulgrave Road followed
in August 2017 as our team grew to
Starting in 2016 with one employee
and bucketloads of sweat equity from meet the demands associated with our
emerging studio business as well as our
our business partners, Tropic quickly commitment to promoting the best of
established itself and our team grew.
our region.
Now with 30 issues in the can,
100K+ page views each month and an
established design studio we will take the
opportunity to celebrate in the style that
is not too dissimilar to any 30th.
Anniversary gift But before the dust settles we’ll be back
The State Library of Queensland to business – the business of getting
has just deemed Tropic magazine a better, getting bigger and looking for new
publication of historical value. projects – and we have the best possible
It will now be preserved for posterity team for achieving that: Renee, Cat,
by being added to the catalogues of Annabel, Alana and Melissa along with
both the Queensland and Australian the support of our business partners Can,
Libraries. This means it will receive Georgina and Trent.
wide exposure through the Libraries
Australia website.

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