We talked about the debut season of Masterchef non-stop. We heard about this weird new thing called “Bitcoin”. We celebrated Quay’s debut on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. And we danced to Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders at every house party.

That was 2009, the year Broadsheet was founded.

Now here we are – 15 years, 43,359 articles and 683,451 photos later. Broadsheet and Australian culture have come a long way. And that’s what this digital issue celebrates. You might be surprised what you’ve forgotten, from festival acts that blew the roof off to birthday dinners at dearly departed restaurants.