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Type ‘plant gallery’ into Google and you’ll likely end up looking at photo reels of Californian nurseries. Type ‘Plant Gallery Bondi’, and it’s a whole other story. While this all-vegan, all-raw restaurant ha...

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Thumbs Up Prince – Music legend Prince has oh-so-casually announced that he is coming to play gigs in Australia in late February and perhaps early March. Yes. The Family Law – Finally an Australian television...

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As far as Aussie legends go, wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley is right up near the top of the list. The three-time Paralympic gold medallist has represented Australia at four consecutive games, and has also completed the K...

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Name | Belle Age | 6 years Sex | Female Breed | Kelpie x Belle is a very gentle, timid girl, but she is still social with other dogs. She walks on loose lead, ignoring other dogs when she is out for a walk, but she is sc...

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Progress generally comes at a cost. While there is no disputing the benefits that light rail will bring to the Eastern Suburbs, seeing century old fig trees reduced to mulch is enough to bring tears to any aesthete’s e...

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Local wine afficionado Dan Ferrenc is, among other things, the owner of Bellevue Hill Bottle Shop. He shares his local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived here? About 18 years with a brief stint in the U...

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For lucky locals, it’s hard to imagine life away from the beautiful beaches of the east, but there are many people a lot less fortunate than us, some of whom have never seen the beach at all. In an effort to ease the b...

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The Syrian spaceman who became a refugee from Guardian News & Media Ltd on Vimeo. Muhammed Faris became Syria’s first Syrian astronaut in 1987, and was subsequently used as a propaganda tool by President Hafez al-A...

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Australia Day is not Pearl’s gig. The flag waving, the hands-on-heart US-style nationalism, the rousing versions of Waltzing Matilda – OMG, it makes Pearl cringe! I’m not one for Anzac Day either, though I’m risk...

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Thinking of attending this year’s edition of The Spot Festival? Check out Randwick City Council’s 2015 highlight reel to get you in the groove. The Spot Festival is on this Sunday. You’d be a fool not t...

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