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Waverley’s War Veterans – Some Interesting Facts

A large number of local men and women risked their lives serving Australia in World War I and II. Here are a few of interesting facts about our local war veterans: World War I The Youngest Soldier Killed At Gallipoli Joh...

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Shark Attack Survivor Relives His Torrid Tale

Glenn Orgias has experienced one of Australia’s worst nightmares first hand (no pun intended). In February 2009, he survived a shark attack at Bondi Beach. Three years later he has relived those memories in his first n...

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Council Is Making Its Marx

Ssshh… don’t tell anyone, but it seems the Communist Party is making inroads back into the Australian Government through local councils. Or at least that is what one is led to believe after making enquiries about why...

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Clovelly Seat Honours Skin Cancer Contribution

I’m sure many of you have seen the ads on television about a young bloke named Wes Bonny who died from melanoma at the age of 26. In the ads, Wes’s parents, brothers and mates talk about Wes, what he means to them, a...

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Dolphins Do Lunch

The Annual Coogee Dolphins Sports Lunch is being held again this year on Friday, August 17 in the Aquarium Bar at the Beach Palace Hotel in Coogee. Now in its 13th year, the Sports Lunch is the biggest event on the Dolph...

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Dogs Of The Month – Lacey

Name | Lacey Age | 9 years Sex | Female Breed | Lab X Staffy Weight | 28.1kg Lacey was a shelter dog when she was a pup and was saved by her previous owner, who recently passed away. She really enjoys her walks and is le...

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A Helping Hand… Georgia Fenton And School’s A Gift

Georgina Fenton founded local charity School’s A Gift when she returned home from a holiday to Ethiopia in 2010, where she’d visited a particularly desperate primary school in a remote area of the country. Georgi...

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Save Our National Parks

Pearl spends a lot of her ‘online life’ signing petitions: petitions against animal cruelty; petitions against human rights abuses; petitions against environmental vandalism. If it’s in cyberspace, Pearl has signed...

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August Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Up – Seals – The aquatic animals, not the bloke on The Voice. They’ve been frequently popping up in the Eastern Beaches. Down – Liars – They say the truth will set you free. It’ll also stop the people you lie...

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Safety Measures Cause Parking Pain In Coogee

Finding a needle in a haystack can be a cumbersome exercise, and trying to jag a car park along Coogee Bay Road is not entirely different. When triumphant, you always give yourself a mental high-five while smirking at th...

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