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Barbara Landsberg from Bronte

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Bronte’s Barbara Landsberg is a garden designer at Landsberg Garden Design, working from her studio in Bondi to transform spaces into beautiful gardens. Barbara shares her local favourites with The Beast… How lon...

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Local Bloke… Trent Baldock from Bondi

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Bondi’s Trent Baldock is a marriage celebrant who runs his own local celebrancy, Trent The Celebrant. Trent shares his local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived here? It’ll be 32 years this year ...

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Star Signs – April 2018

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Aries Mar 21-Apr 20 When you’re offered an amazing opportunity, but you couldn’t be arsed doing anything about it, just let it slide and it will come back later. Taurus Apr 21-May 21 You’re fully aware of your ...

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Thinking Outside The Barrel: Alternative Red grapes

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Continuing on from last month’s article about alternative white grape varieties, we now move on to the reds… Grenache Okay, so it’s not exactly that left-field, but many people know very little about Grenac...

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Savoury Paleo Muffins

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These savoury paleo muffins are packed with healthy ingredients, including sweet potato, which provides healthy carbohydrates and dietary fibre, together with eggs, which are rich in protein and essential fatty acids. Th...

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Sweet Potato Chips with Zucchini Baba Ganoush and Spiced Yoghurt

Food

I thought about healthier chocolate and Anzac biscuits this month, but sweet potato wedges are a way to my heart and I’ve no doubt the way to some of yours too, particularly as the cooler months of the year arrive. I...

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Hip-Hop Poké Hits Bondi

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When I was told that Dining Dave was off on holidays and I was needed to do a restaurant review, I thought, “Awesome – free food!” It wasn’t until after I’d committed that I learned that said food was raw f...

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The Ghan Expedition: One of The World’s Great Train Journeys

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The Ghan train journey through central Australia is said to be one of the top 10 railway adventures in the world. It is also, we realise on arrival at Darwin train station, one of the most surreal. After all, how often d...

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Baby Boomers and Safe Sex

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With more Australians living longer and healthier lives, and divorce rates on the rise, many will find new sexual partners later in life. Some of those who have been in long, monogamous relationships are now looking for ...

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Living On The Edge

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You crawl into bed at 11.30pm, knowing your alarm is set for 5.30am. You lie there, staring at the ceiling thinking, “Go to sleep!” By 3.30am you’ve already woken up. You’re not sure why so you go to the bath...

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