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Melbourne Songstress Ain’t No Goose

2012 was a big year for Gossling (a.k.a Helen Croome), the sweetheart indie artist whose collaboration with hip-hop heavyweight 360 scored her an ARIA nomination and a chance to perform on the ARIA stage. Fast-forward a ...

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Frother of the Month: Luke Daniels

When Luke Daniels isn’t down at the beach working as lifeguard or getting barreled at Bronte Reef, he’s in his man cave crafting timber alaias and hand surfers with the skills he learned in his former life as a carpe...

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June Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Up – Beard Season – Grow a beard from June 1 to August 31 and help raise awareness about melanoma prevention. Down – The Sniffles – Not bad enough to warrant a day off work, the runny nose and congested head symp...

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Appearance Apartheid

Have you ever had that sinking feeling when you enter an Eastern Suburbs café? That feeling that you don’t belong, that your clothes aren’t trendy enough, your hair not blonde enough, your appearance not beautiful e...

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Charity With A Driving Passion

Most teenagers spend months, if not years, looking forward to earning their driver’s license, and see it not only as a rite of passage but a step towards independence. Unfortunately, when you’re young and homeless, g...

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Small Instruments, Big Sounds

The ukulele originated in Hawaii. Developed in the 1880s, it is based on several small guitar-like instruments of Portuguese origin, the machete, the cavaquinho and the rajao, introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portug...

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Revitalising Australia’s Busiest Beach

Bondi is set to receive its biggest facelift in decades as part of Waverley Council’s ten-year plan of management for the park, beach and pavilion. The bold new plan will see the landscape morph from a concrete jungle ...

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Dogs Of The Month – Richie

Age | 10 years Sex | Male Breed | Maltese Weight | 4.8kg Ever since Richie first came to us he has just been brimming with personality; he is such a little character. Richie is social with other dogs and also doesn’...

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Bushy Beards The Answer To Skin Cancer

You may have seen him cruising around the Eastern Suburbs on his old treadly with upturned handlebars, commandeering his mate’s 1977 Land Rover Defender, or paddling about in the briny on a weird old blue surfboard. St...

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Local Chick… Ritu Bajaj From Maroubra

Maroubra resident and app developer Ritu Bajaj shares her local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived here? I am originally from India and moved to Australia 16 years ago. Sydney has been home for the ...

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