Thailand, long a crossroads of wandering souls and open horizons, is narrowing its welcome — halving the visa-free window from 60 to 30 days for citizens of 60 nations, including Australia, effective September 15. The Thai government frames the move as a security correction, acknowledging that generosity of access had, in some hands, become a vector for crime and abuse. It is a reminder that the terms of belonging — even temporary belonging — are always subject to revision, and that travellers who build their lives around open borders must remain attentive to the quiet machinery of policy that