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Letter of the Month – Parking Issues In Bronte? Get Real!

Duncan Horscroft recently wrote a very one-sided view of the parking situation in Pacific Street, Bronte. We all need to calm down. Let me disclose that I am a resident in Pacific Street. Duncan singled out the redevelop...

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Premature Babies Need You!

Remember all of those New Year’s resolutions you made on January 1, 2012? Nah? I didn’t think so. Don’t worry though, because we here at The Beast are giving you the chance to redeem your moral soul and a damn good...

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Local Favourites – Jesus

Bondi Beach resident Gilson de Jesus is a former two-time Brazilian capoeira champion and is the owner of Capoeira Bondi. Jesus has lived here for seventeen years, after coming here to perform at the South American Festi...

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Video of the Week – Cats Are Evil Creatures

Cats in Tanks from Whitehouse Content on Vimeo. I have always said that cats are evil creatures. You see, i’m allergic to my feline foes and have never seen eye to eye with them. Well, when searching for an enterta...

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Bronte Wins Jim Beam Surftag

The beers (and Beams) were flowing faster than the North Narrabeen waves after the Bronte Boardriders won the NSW South division of the prestigious Jim Beam Surftag series yesterday. Led by Tom Whitaker and Aaron Graham,...

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February 2012

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Video of the Week – Prom Night

PROM NIGHT from celia rowlson-hall on Vimeo. I reckon there’s nothing like a dance video to get you in a good mood, and this is one of the best. The music and cinematography is sensational but at the end of the day...

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Non-French Grapes in Australia Part 1 – Spain, Portugal and Georgia

Australian wine is mostly made with grapes found in French regions. Reds from Bordeaux are (basically) Cabernet Merlots, while the whites are made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Burgundy is all about Pinot Noir and C...

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Correctamundo…

It is with a certain sense of smarminess, usually seen only in a Rupert Truscott-Hughes article, that I look back on my 2011 online predictions. This time last year I said that MySpace would succumb. Tick. When Rupert Mu...

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Bondi Road: Always A Multicultural Smorgasbord

Bondi Road has always been an important Waverley thoroughfare. One of the area’s earliest roads, it was constructed in a straight line from Old South Head Road to what was quaintly described as ‘the seashore’. Orig...

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