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It was changeover time – good for a working taxi driver but not so good for passengers looking to get home. The cabbie pulled up to a hail at the popular shopping strip on Gould Street, parallel to Campbell Parade,...

Standing at the north end of Coogee Beach is a monument comparable to the Colosseum in both shape and historical merit, at least to local Coogee socialites. If anyone remembers standing in a line down the heritage listed...

Having a conversation about masturbation is still very much taboo. Unlike real estate, we won’t discuss the subject at work or at dinner parties. Masturbation, or touching one’s own genitals for pleasure, is a natura...

Gardens – the word alone conjures images of lush lawns, fragrant frangipani trees and pebbled paths fringed with native flowers (at least it does for me). Unfortunately these ideals may not be the most realistic fo...

You know you’re in another world when you look out your back door and you’re greeted by a towering giraffe having a sticky-beak at the newly arrived tourists. Framing this extraordinary moment were six hippos floatin...

Once upon a time, the fashionable men and women of the world used to wait for the latest copy of Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar to report on the hemlines, colours and sleeve lengths shown in Paris, before investing in the ne...

Despite the fact that May is officially still in autumn, I’m already feeling the winter blues. It seems with every passing season another of my closest fishing mates departs the city I know and love for greener pasture...

Dave was definitely not a slave to fashion. It was his gorgeous wife Lisa who made him wear the occasional fancy garment. But when she came home with a trendy cowboy hat for him to wear at the beach, he felt his manly da...

In last month’s edition of The Beast I couldn’t help but notice an advertisement taken out by Woollahra Council promoting a new phenomenon known as Neighbour Day. It seems our council is looking to follow in the foot...