2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (797+ words) August 31, 2026 — 4:45pm Extravagant displays of magnolias in bloom once signalled the start of spring in Sydney, but in recent years they have come in earlier and earlier as winters fail to produce the days of deep cold and attendant frost. This…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (473+ words) August 30, 2026 — 5:00am The veranda at the Noosa Surf Club overlooking the beach was teeming with people shuffling chairs and edging towards the balustrades. At 5pm, this was a popular venue for sundowners. I was with my three adult children (son, 22, boy-girl twins,…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (483+ words) Sponsored by Hearing Australia August 26, 2026 — 9:34am For Nanette Holliday, Christmas Day in Darwin is a jubilant affair. There’s “lots of prawns, lots of seafood, champagne and oysters” – and a lot of parties. Holliday is a dedicated social butterfly, who crams as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (701+ words) August 19, 2026 — 6:55am Plenty of weird things are pulled out of Brisbane’s sewerage system – toys, phones, false teeth, half a surfboard and even a snake – but if you ask the man responsible for looking after those pipes, they’ve got nothing on wet…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (316+ words) August 9, 2026 — 5:00am Travelling, especially on long-haul flights, can take a toll on your eyes. The low humidity in aircraft cabins causes tear ducts to dry up, leading to itchy eyes and redness, so keep some lubricating eye drops close at hand…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (434+ words) August 1, 2026 — 11:49am It’s been a morning for snuggling under the doona across Victoria, with some parts of Melbourne recording their coldest days of the year. The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed a climatic pinch and punch punctuated the first of the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (781+ words) July 28, 2026 — 5:00am It’s 33 degrees outside and humid as a Finnish sauna, so why am I shivering in my hotel room? I check the thermostat on the air-conditioning and it reads 19 degrees. Compared with the heat outside, it’s like a refrigerator. I…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (305+ words) July 27, 2026 — 5:00am For eight months, this quaint historic platform near Brisbane’s seaside was the station with no trains and no passengers. But the Shorncliffe train station will finally reopen to the public on Monday after the completion of a major renewal…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (822+ words) Wine writer Katie Spain shares her best wine matches for your favourite comfort foods – from KFC to cornflakes. No judgment here. Chilly weather demands hibernation, and when the heater is on and the couch beckons, the order of the season…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1056+ words) Word is out in Australia’s pelican community: Kata Thandi-Lake Eyre is in flood, the fish are jumping and love is in the air. On Dulhunty Island, at the end of the Warburton Groove that carves its way through the shimmering…...