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It was a cool grey Christmas with a bit of rain. As soon as the holiday was over the sun came back bringing brighter skies with only a few small white clouds high up in the blue. It didn’t heat up very quickly, but at ...

Eighty-nine years ago this month, the last shark attack recorded at Bronte Beach took place in the early evening of Wednesday, February 13, 1924. Eva (known as ‘Nita’) Derrett, a 30 year-old saleswoman and keen swimm...

What has happened to all the shark hysteria? A bloke gets his arm bitten off and a mother loses her only son, both to the jaws of these fearsome predators of the deep, yet all and sundry are calling for the offending sha...

Up – Tony Greig – It was hard not to notice the absence of one of the voices of cricket this summer. May he rest in peace. Down – Wylie’s Baths – Used too much chlorine last month (in a saltwater pool?) and kil...

Age | 4 years Sex | Male Breed | Mini Foxy Weight | 6.3kg Casper has always been a beautiful, sweet little boy ever since he first joined us at Doggie Rescue. He is quite shy though and really needs to be with someone wh...

Pearl has mixed feelings about the protest against the Bronte RSL development. Not one to shirk a passionate protest rally, I can’t help but look upon the protest with an uncomfortable feeling of cynicism. With a catch...

In reply to Duncan Horscroft’s letter (Children Exploited During Bronte RSL Development Protest, The Beast, January 2013 ): why is it that those in favour of the multi- storey shopping mall proposal for the Bronte RSL ...