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The Great Dance

April is a wonderful time of year. With a veritable orgy of football to watch I’m often left wondering, is this too much? Am I overwhelmed, like a dwarf in a crowded elevator, by the crowd looming above me? The answer ...

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Recipe – Salmon, Lemons and Olives with Bulgur Wheat

Roasted onion, garlic, lemon and rosemary add an amazing flavour hit to this wonderful autumnal dish. Teamed with baked salmon and earthy bulgur, it’s guaranteed to be a winner. Cooking time 40 minutes Ingredients 2 br...

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Social, Well-armed, Predatory Insects… Paper Wasps

Paper wasps have built a nest under eaves at the back of my house and I’ve been watching it increase in size over the last five months of spring and summer. During the day about 25 wasps, 10-15mm in length, attend the ...

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Letters – April 2016

JUICED UP IN BRONTE PARK As a great grandfather who enjoys Bronte Park as a safe place for my great grandchildren and other family members, I would like to praise Waverley Police for maintaining their vigilance. There is...

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Video of the Week – Shit Creek

SHIT CREEK – Episode One! from Sundown Picturehouse on Vimeo. A good friend of The Beast by the name of Alex Stamell (you may know her as the reception at the Wright Physio in Coogee or as a barmaid at the now defu...

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Sea Life Not Seafood

It was an interesting concept that was posed across the dinner table amongst a group of friends one boozy, delicious and fun filled evening. The concept, which has gained gravitas with me and is worth everyone’s consid...

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Village On Cloey – Clovelly’s Hottest New Addition

The first thing that I noticed when I entered Village on Cloey – the hottest café addition to Clovelly Road since forever – was that ‘If I Were A Boy’ by Beyoncé is playing. To be honest, I was pretty happy to ...

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Writing for Pleasure at Bowen

Love to string a yarn? Using a mixture of skill based exercises and discussion on various writing forms, you can be introduced to the joy of writing and the pleasure that it can bring. Cost is free at Bowen Library and M...

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Roosters vs. Bulldogs

At 4pm today at ANZ Stadium, the Bulldogs and the Roosters battle it out. Luckily, they don’t actually check at the gates whether you know the first thing about NRL, so if you’re just going for the men in tight short...

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Vivid Live

Today marks the beginning of this year’s Vivid Festival! See Sydney in all its lit-up glory, and revel in the fact that you live in one of the most wondrous cities on Earth. Watch light-art sculptures and large-scale p...

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