A Bob or Tim by any other name would be round or thin?
Robert Drewe on the vexed question of scientific research, the importance of names and why toast always lands butter-side down. Don’t you love complex…
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Jenny Dowell on life after Debbie’s departure
Jenny Dowell has lived through a few floods, but the one left by Cyclone Debbie was something else. Afterwards help came from everywhere and…
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Love Food Hate Waste Mothers Day Cooking Workshop
Sustainability consultant chef and food expert Alison Drover is giving a special free workshop put on by North East Waste to celebrate Mother’s Day…
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Past, present and future at the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
It’s just a short drive down the road to Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery where they’re launching a new National Still Life Award, and several…
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Why the Bluesfesters come back year after year after year…
There’s just something about Bluesfest, writes photographer Heidi Flumm, who after five years is still only just getting her toes wet in Byron’s favourite…
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Soup or salad season? Depends if you’re a local…
The tourists might be eating salad, but locals can’t wait for winter, says Nadine Abensur, who has the ultimate comfort food recipe for soup….
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The boat, the boy, the bees and the donkeys – Lismore’s flood
When the flood levee broke, Melissa Gulbin slept through the early morning sirens. When she woke, it was to a whole new water world. …
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Who put the Blues in Bluesfest?
Bluesfest time is almost here, and there’s an awful lot of praying to the rain gods going on right about now. There’s something for…
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Robert Drewe on Australians penchant for rhyming slang
When Robert Drewe read of Australian jockey Edgar Britt’s death earlier this year, he thought it was about time to have a quick Captain…
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The stars come out for Splendour 2017
The countdown to Splendour in the Grass 2017 has begun with some of the world’s best bands set to blaze across four stages at…
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