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We really do hate a tall poppy here in Australia. We’re always very quick to bag anyone or anything that isn’t performing to our high levels of expectation, whether it be a sporting team like the Wallabies, a sportsm...

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Age | 10 years Sex | Female Breed | Maltese x Weight | 5.1kg Heather came from the pound with a large mass of necrotic tissue caught in a hernia. This has been repaired and she is looking for a home with some TLC. Heathe...

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Plumed Whistling-Ducks were formally rare vagrants in the Sydney region, but they have been regularly seen in the Hawkesbury district since 1971, and they have successfully bred there. On February 20 this year, a small f...

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Up – Autumn Racing – The BMW Sydney Carnival runs from March 22 to April 26. You can find out more at www.theraces.com.au. Down – Liars/Thieves/Cheats – These three traits often come hand in hand. If you fit into...

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Have you ever attended a picnic or barbecue that was organised via social media such as Facebook or Twitter? Have you been the event organiser? If you answered yes, you need to be aware that under Waverley Council’s Ev...

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After seven years of dutiful service to The Beast I miss one lousy column and what happens – Rupert Truscott-Hughes eagerly fills my void, claiming falsely that I had injured myself tending to non-existent rose bus...

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On February 4, 1913, the first stone of what was to become the Randwick Literary Institute was laid on Clovelly Road. Nobody would have been able to guess it at the time, but this Institute has become one of the most ada...

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Sydney certainly doesn’t have a shortage of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurants, and kebabs are nearly ubiquitous. So what can separate the truly special from the absolutely average? I wanted to find out, and ...

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Age | 17 months Sex | Male Breed | Foxy x Weight | 4.2kg Billy is a gentle, happy little boy with beautiful markings. He is quite social with other dogs but is a touch shy with people he does not know. He is often retice...

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The state government is currently in the process of deciding whether the ban on recreational fishing in protected marine sanctuaries across NSW should be lifted. Clovelly local Daisy Barham from The Nature Conservation C...

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