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Mayfair Kytes – Easy On The Ears

If there’s one thing going for Melbourne folk/art-pop four-piece Mayfair Kytes, it’s that they’re extremely easy on the ears. Having recently released their debut album, Animus – a dense mosaic of flourishing...

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Recipe: Spiced Chicken with Pearl Couscous Salad and Yoghurt

Shake up your mid-week meal with this Middle Eastern spiced chicken dish. Fall in love with the texture of the Israeli couscous, which is teamed with tender kale and sweet semi-dried tomatoes. Serve it with a dollop of c...

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Pétillant-naturel Wines – What Are They?

It’s fair to say that most of us who like fizz want to drink Champagne, but we can’t always afford it. The Aussie and Kiwi fizz producers have done a great job making decent bubbles affordable, and many of us have al...

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Dogs For Adoption – Bam Bam and Pebbles

NAME | Bam Bam and Pebbles AGE | 1 year SEX | Female BREED | Chihuahua x WEIGHT | 3.9kg and 2.9kg Bam Bam and Pebbles are sisters who love each other and want to stay together. They are very social and affectionate with ...

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Local Chick – Samatha Barakat from Clovelly

Samantha Barakat Light lives in Clovelly and runs Body Catalyst, a fat reduction and body-sculpting clinic in Bondi Junction. She shares her local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived here? My husband and...

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Lip-smacking Lizards

Occasionally I don the dick-stickers, goggles and ear plugs, and pretend to be one of those all year, all weather ocean swimmers. Seemingly immune to the cold and unperturbed by the threat of sharks, they ply endlessly, ...

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Letters May 2016

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BONDI PAV REVAMP I have submitted numerous commentaries concerning the works to Bondi Pavilion. I have also attended meetings to hear the views of Council, the public, and the specialists. I have viewed the proposed plan...

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Is Daryl Free To Air Television’s Death Knell?

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A few years ago I wrote a piece predicting the imminent demise of free to air television. At the time, Channel Ten was really battling, while the Nine and Seven networks were dominating proceedings despite their overall ...

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Video of the Week – Twin Days

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Twins Days | A Short Doc from Alex Markman on Vimeo. I get bored of posting videos of surfing, skating and Bondi sunsets, so sometimes I just like to throw something a little bit weird/interesting into the mix. TodayR...

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“I want amore!”: 7 Best Pizza Places in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs

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Da Orazio Pizza + Porchetta, Bondi Da Orazio is cool. There’s no way to get around it. Cool exudes all the way from the people who work here, to the industrial-chic columns around the place, to the pizza chef’s drop-...

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