Australian Trip by Renzo Grosso

An unexplored "classic": this has been for me, for many years, the "Australian shuffle". I learned it as a young man from Aldo Colombini, who often included it in his impromptu effects; later I studied John Scarne (and his wonderful idea in Phone Miracle, which we will comment on together later) and Max Maven.

Then I read Nick Conticello, and a new world opened up: I discovered that all the greats of card magic have tried their hand at the Australian deal; Nick, however, made me wonder a bit more: today I don't think there is more space to invent, but a lot to develop new routines, putting together various principles.

In my shows, I almost always insert a routine, very often as a quick and easy interlude between two mentalism effects: I confess that they are always effective interludes.

I have collected, in this publication, what I know: notes on principles, tables, comments, and "basic" effects; the goal is to share what I have collected over time, to allow you to create "your" own effects, personalized and, contrary to what is often recommended, repeatable immediately (but in a different way); you will probably know most of them, or maybe not ... . Here are the main contents:

The principle of the Australian Shuffle
Down - bottom, or down - underneath
Bottom - down, or underneath - down
Variation of sequences. as a function of the number of cards: differences and similarities
The first card, depending on the number of cards in the stack
First card after the shuffle (concerning its position in the starting pile); for example: if I have a deck of 12 cards, and I perform a down-underneath shuffle, the top card will be…; if, on the other hand, I have a stack of 17 cards, and I perform an underneath - down shuffle, the top card will be ...
Tables representing all positions, with a variable pile from 5 to 40 cards.
Example of building a routine with preset numbers and possible variants: up to 8 cards, I pass 7 cards from top to bottom, I count under - down and the last card will be ....; if, on the other hand, I have 9 to 16 cards, I pass 15 cards, perform an under - down count and the last card will be ...
Example: with a stack of 5 cards (on the back, first the ace, then 2, 3, 4, 5; the 5 is on the face): I pass 3 cards from top to bottom, then do an under-down count and the top card is ...
Tables for packs of 5 to 12 cards, with a passage from top to bottom from 3 to 15 cards
Count under-down or down under and an indication of the card that you will find, in the end, above the stack
Australian Deal and other shuffles (spelling …)
My adaptations of effects of the "Masters":
John Scarne's “formula”, with details on the position of the chosen card according to how many cards the stack has;
Adaptation of "Do as I Do" by John Scarne
When love is born
A trip to Australia
But ... where is my card?
How many bunches do you want?
or Hashtag!
or truth? Lie?
1st edition 2022, PDF 38 pages.
word count: 6362 which is equivalent to 25 standard pages of text