During the month The Beast caught up with Sydney Swans young gun Sam Reid, who recently signed a massive five-year deal with the club… Where are you originally from? A small town in north east Victoria called Bright, w...

The Bondi Winter Magic Festival got underway at the beginning of June and it’s set to really explode during July with a jam-packed calendar boasting a wide spectrum of arts, music, fashion and food on the beachside pro...

How many of you have ever been to a wine region? And how many of you have been to a wine region more than once? I bet it’s not all that many. If you’re reading this, it probably means that you’re at least vaguely i...

Life’s simple pleasures – for me that is a nice cup of tea and something delicious to go with it. If I had to choose between cake, biscuits or slice (hey, it might come down to that someday) I would definitely have t...

Smile from Misko Iho on Vimeo. This is a beautiful little video. I honestly don’t think it needs any words written about it. Just hit play, sit back, smile, possibly shed a tear, and enjoy the next two minutes or s...

They say you can’t polish a turd, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone bar the biggest Harry Seidler fan or possibly the tenants privy to the phenomenal views that would describe the grotesque block of flats at t...

There’s a joke going around in tech circles at the moment to describe the current climate of venture capitalism: a new pub opens and 1000 people visit on opening night. No one spends a cent. The venue is declared a mas...

Margaret Whitlam (nee Dovey) was born on November 19, 1919 at the family home at 2 Miller Street, Bondi. In 2005 she was quoted in an article in The Bondi View newspaper as saying she often re-visits Miller Street. Her f...

Dealing with blow-ins at the beach during summer is a fact of life if you live on the Eastern Beaches. However, one blow-in that is arguably the hardest to deal with, and one that can easily turn a pleasant day at the be...

Parking Officer Robin Conquest was ruthless in the pursuit of his quarry. He would have booked his own mother if he had half the chance. He was the best revenue earner for the council department until the day he unknowin...