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Davo was an individual who forever spoke his mind. He possessed a comic demeanour and was always one to roll with the punches. He was by no means a narrow-minded fellow, but the latest culture of excessive ink tattooed o...

Every single minute of every day a lot happens on the Internet. When I say a lot, I actually mean a mind-bendingly large amount. Consider this: each minute over 200 million emails are sent, YouTube has 48 hours of mostly...

If you’ve ever been snorkelling or walked across a rock platform around the Eastern Beaches, you have more than likely seen a sea urchin, if not dozens of them. And while they look very unassuming sitting on rocks or o...

It might be easiest to think of Burgundy as five sub-regions. These are (from the cooler north to warmer south) Chablis, Côte d’Or (which consists of Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune), Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais ...

Something struck me as I travelled down the Hume Highway towards Canberra the other week and the apparently random combination of the words ‘smash’, ‘a’, ‘pav’ and ‘today’ ...

What a start to the year it has been: bushfires, floods, political upheaval and economic uncertainty. Thankfully around here we’re blessed with the beautiful bays and beaches of the east. When it’s hot, there’s a b...

My name is Rupert Truscott-Hughes and I’m a recovering tan-aholic. Back in my youth I thought nothing of coating my olive skin with olive oil and baking beneath that burning ball of gas in the sky for hours on end. The...

Australian Wood Ducks are common and widespread in suitable habitat, which includes city parks and golf courses, but they are not abundant in the Sydney region. Everybody is familiar with ducks and geese, and Australian ...

After a week of torrential rain I was in a panic about an upcoming secret garden-style shoot. I hit the Internet to find the perfect weatherproof location but uncovered something startling. News headlines featured the im...