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Letter Of The Month: Pick Up Your Shit, Love The Place You Live

To the dearest doggy owners that let their dogs shit all over Bondi Beach: I’m writing this letter after enjoying the fourth freshly brewed shit in the last two weeks on the foot of my daughter’s sandals (yes, sandal...

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Video of the Week – Bondi Mal Rider, 1957

This rare footage by Vern Cooper of an Australian hollow mal (malibu) being ridden by Allan Levick was filmed at Bondi Beach in 1957. These plywood boards were a local version, or ‘knock off’, of the balsawoo...

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Edwina Bartholomew – Channel 7’s Rising Star

During the month The Beast caught up with Edwina Bartholomew, the Sydney correspondent on Channel 7’s Sunrise program, fair-weather friend of Paris Hilton and maker of some of the best choc-chip cookies in the east… ...

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June 2012

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Winter Swimming Making Waves

Outdoor swimming in winter is a pretty extreme form of exercise. We don’t setup our treadmills in saunas during the summer, so why swap the trackies for Speedos in winter? To many it seems like the hobby of a madman, b...

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Sydney Film Festival

From June 6-17, the Sydney Film Festival will showcase the best in cinema from across Australia and around the world, including features, documentaries, short films, retrospectives, restorations, animation and more. Go t...

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Mina Wylie Exhibition

Mina Wylie was a pioneer in Australian women’s swimming so check out this exhibition at Bowen Library in Maroubra where you can view Mina’s Olympic silver medal and other important pieces on loan from the Mitchell Li...

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Aboriginal Astronomy

As part of Reconciliation Week, an astronomer from Nura Gili Indigenous Unit at UNSW and a PHD student from the Warawara Indigenous Unit at Macquarie Uni will discuss the astronomical knowledge of Indigenous Australians....

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Lighting The Opera House

From 6pm to midnight up until June 11 there will be a free light show with over 50 interactive and immersive light art sculptures and large scale projections around The Rocks, Circular Quay, Sydney Opera House and Walsh ...

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Vermentino – A New Varietal With Nous

Most wine drinkers stick to the usual grapes: Sauv Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet and Pinot Noir. Together, these grapes account for a lot of the wine sold in Australia. Most of you will also kno...

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