Login |

August Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Other

Thumbs Up HALAL SNACK PACKS (HSPs) – Meat, chips. cheese, sauce (preferably the holy trinity – garlic, chilli, barbecue), all served in a Styrofoam container. Yum. A RESULT – At the time of print, a hung parliament...

Read More >

Community Race Day Returns to Royal Randwick

News

Horse racing returns to Royal Randwick this month, with the Randwick Community Race Day set to welcome locals of all ages to the track on Saturday, August 20. Randwick Mayor Noel D’Souza told The Beast that the race da...

Read More >

Dogs of the Month – Darcy

Other

AGE 3 years SEX Male BREED Maltese x Shihtzu WEIGHT 4.4kg Darcy is a sweet, shy little boy. He is tentative about being picked up and cuddled, and is unsure about walking on lead. He is a very playful dog around other yo...

Read More >

The Beast’s Monthly Mailbag – August 2016

Other

Always Have Been a Cock Thanks for the reply Mayor D’Souza (Who’s The Cock Now Gus?, Letters, The Beast, July 2016). I want to say thank you for the urgent clarification that Randwick Council is not sponsoring profes...

Read More >

Last Minute City2Surf Tips from a True Blue Champion

People

Are you a runner, or just someone who likes to watch others suffer? Either way, this is the month for you. Come August 14, Sydney’s streets will once again be chock-a-block with sweaty-chested Lycra wearing runners bat...

Read More >

Behind the Lens with Celia Ruiz de Castilla

Arts

Ask anyone involved in the arts and they will tell you that the arts in Australia are seriously underfunded. As such, it is incredibly heartwarming to know that there are still legends out there dedicated to creating spa...

Read More >

Local Chick – Kelly Wright

People

Kelly Wright is the owner of Toni and Guy in Bondi Beach. She recently launched a crazy but brilliant campaign to launch $1 million from 1 million people in just 30 days as part of her charitable organisation, Deciding t...

Read More >

Video of the Week – The Closed Cafe

Video

It’s been quite a while since we’ve featured a Bondi Hipsters video, but the boys are back and these two vids (above and below) are just too damned good. Coffee culture has become such a wank, a fact that has...

Read More >

A Bloke with a Pair of Scissors and Time to Help

News

How do you give back to the community when you don’t have much money? Stacy Batchelor from Clovelly knows the answer: time. Your time is the best thing that you can give to people in need. Batchelor works in digital sa...

Read More >

Super Storms the Act of a Vengeful God

Other

An unkind person (or a Christian fundamentalist) would claim the violent storms that racked Sydney in June were an act of a vengeful God. A God who was seeking revenge on Mike Baird’s electorate for the ‘Sins of the ...

Read More >
Go