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A community for the parts of life that don't fit on a screen

Connected au

Real connection. Less scroll. A reason to put the phone in another room.

We believe

The best parts of life happen off the phone.

Long meals. Letters in the post. A book finished. A friendship that doesn't live in a feed. We made Connected au for the parts of life that need attention to be any good.

Our clubs, our Offline Box, our Letterbox Project, our app: all built to give you something real to do, and real people to do it with.

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Guests and Friends

A snippet of wonderful people featured in our clubs, events, podcast and more.

The Offline Box

Once a month, a box of real things shows up at your door. A book to read. Art supplies. Seeds. A recipe. Something to make, something to grow, something to do with your hands instead of your phone.

Inside Box N° 01: a hardback book, the first Offline Magazine, a watercolour print, seeds for the season, a passport for the year ahead, and one or two surprises chosen for the month.

Posted across Australia. Free post. Cancel anytime.

The Offline Box with the Offline Magazine on linen
A watercolour in progress with brushes and palette

Real things to make, cook, grow and read. Posted to your door, once a month.

Real friendship · Long letters · Slow Sundays · Books finished · Gardens grown · Long walks · Real meals · Less scroll · More weekend · Real friendship · Long letters · Slow Sundays · Connection ·

Membership

One subscription. Six clubs, the Letterbox Project, the app, the podcast, monthly events, and the resources we keep adding. Cancel anytime.

Online Clubs: Connect with people who love the same things, in clubs for gardening, cooking, art, books, styling, and wellbeing, where shared passions spark real friendships.

Private Social App: An app that isn't designed to keep you scrolling. Just to keep you in touch.

The Letterbox Project: Send and receive heartfelt handwritten letters that brighten days and build beautiful connections, one envelope at a time.

Podcast: Stories, insights, and honest conversations to inspire and remind you, you're not alone.

Resources & Learning: Worksheets, audio and ideas to use offline.

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A mother and child sharing a book together

"As a mum of two I'd forgotten what real friendship felt like."

The community gave me back a corner of my week that's mine. People who actually reply. Book Club chats and letters in my letterbox are the highlight of every week.

Sarah, 36 · Newcastle

The Letterbox

Inside our membership, we match members to each other as pen pals. Real handwritten letters, sent monthly, to someone who has chosen to write back.

Outside the membership, we run a bigger Letterbox Project for Aged Care homes, schools and corporates. Thousands of letters sent to people who needed to hear from a stranger that they were thought of.

Get in touch if your home, school or workplace would like to be part of it.

A handwritten letter with botanical illustrations and pressed-paper butterflies
A handwritten letter with polaroid photos of pets and a child's drawing

Pen pals inside the membership. A bigger project for Aged Care, schools and workplaces.

A community made for the parts of life that don't fit on a phone.

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Free printable

The 30-Day Offline Cheatsheet

One small offline thing to do each day, for thirty days. Print it, stick it on the fridge, tick the boxes. The easiest way to start coming offline.

Grab it here