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Dogs Of The Month – Huey

Name | Huey Age | 2 years Sex | Male Breed | Papillion X Weight | 6kg Huey is a happy and friendly little dog who is well suited to apartment living. He is social with other dogs as well as enjoying the company of cats. ...

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Letter Of The Month: What Has Happened To Bondi Beach?

Whilst I try to find space to perch my sandy bottom on top of Bondi’s ever-so-trendy ‘grassy knoll’, between the throngs of hipsters and bronzed bikini bodies, I too ponder like the indigenous no doubt did: “What...

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Local Chick… Holly From Bondi

Bondi performer Holly Summers shares her local favourites with The Beast… Have you always lived locally? Yep, I’ve always lived in the Eastern Suburbs. I started in Coogee and slowly made my way over to Bondi. Ho...

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The Bondi Lifesaver: Ex Music Venue

Say the magical words ‘The Bondi Lifesaver’ to any person over fifty in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and their eyes will light up and a smile will cross their face. As we get older more memories are stored. These are f...

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Winter Lifesavers So Near, Yet So Far

With the red and yellow flags due to be hoisted again this month for the start of a new beach season, the issue of having a full-time lifeguard on duty at Bronte Beach during the winter months is still causing concern fo...

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Storm Surfers Return In 3D

After the success of their previous Storm Surfers films, co-directors Chris Nelius and Justin McMillan have set their sights higher with a bigger production and bigger waves. Storm Surfers has now been developed into a f...

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Hospital Sends Mixed Smoke Signals

Tobacco smoking is the single greatest cause of premature death and leading preventable cause of morbidity in NSW. There’s a tobacco-related death every 28 minutes in Australia. And smokers aren’t just harming themse...

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Voting Talk Gives Pollies An Election

After four long years of excitement and anticipation, the London Olympics finally arrived and for two fantastic weeks we mere laymen transformed into couch-side sport critics and experts on all things athletic. We lifted...

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Local Bloke… John Kapadakis From Clovelly

Clovelly resident John Kapadakis once sang Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ on Greek television and he has even starred on the Don Lane Show. John shares his local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived h...

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Head And Shoulders Above The Rest

A few years ago, a mutual friend introduced me to a guy called Alex Head. He’s a Bondi guy who has sold wine, distributed wine and now he makes it too. Having made wine with some great wineries (Torbreck, Tyrrell’s, ...

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