Brooke Clunie’s ceramics – and her first exhibition
For fans of Brooke Clunie’s ceramics, and Verandah Magazine is certainly among them – the good news is that she’s got her first exhibition…
Snap a Macadamia at Sample for a chance to win $1000!
Sample Food Festival is this weekend, and this year entries for the Australian Macadamias photo competition can include snaps from any Sample Food Festival…
Shot of the Week: Wonder in the Byron Wetlands
This beautiful image is a composition of images taken by local photographer and artist Kim Carey. Says Kim: “This place is a wonderful sanctuary…
Getting better with age – International Day of Older Persons
If you think that there’s not much to celebrate about getting older, think again! October 1st is gazetted by the United Nations as the…
Dr Pacific is specifically good for you – a Robert Drewe short story
Robert Drewe’s latest book of short stories, The True Colour of the Sea, is published this month. The Bangalow-based author may just have drawn…
Making her Mark – artist Jess Lacroix and her No Bad Days
She’s only 24, but Canadian-born Jess Lacroix has already travelled the world, established a diverse and successful arts practice, and gives back to charities…
The Magic of a Master Healer – Kenji Kumara brings Quantum Lightweaving to Australia
When Kenji Kumara, the creator of Quantum Lightweaving, comes to Australia next month for his first Australian retreat, participants can expect to experience the…
Paulina Howfield on building bridges for your brain
Bridging the left and right brain hemispheres is a sure way to help us make positive changes in our lives, writes art therapist and…
Kendrick Lamar heads blistering Splendour line-up for 2018
The countdown to Splendour in the Grass 2018 has commenced with another blistering line-up of some of the world’s best bands set to blaze…
Drinking can lead to death – sooner or later
Robert Drewe examines the latest alarmist findings on alcohol consumption – and finds them somewhat misleading. Thank goodness. Shock! Drama! Panic! Modest drinkers around…
A splash of love, a pinch of luck and it’s all molto bene for Ian Smith
Local Ian Smith has always loved cooking, and when he discovered Italy, he felt he’d gone home – particularly when he was allowed to…
Myall Creek Massacre Remembered
It’s 180 years since the Myall Creek Massacre when 28 people – men, women and children – were slaughtered by white settlers. Lismore photograher…
Dear world, at Lennox Head. Having a whale of a time. Craig.
Internationally renowned marine photographer Craig Parry, caught his first image of a whale breaching at Lennox Head this week, and as he said himself:…
Buddha’s Birthday, workshops and Crystal Castle Villas…
It’s all happening at the Crystal Castle over the next month or so. This weekend sees the celebration of Buddha’s birthday; then on June…
Make friends at the Lismore Friendship Festival…
It’s back, it’s got a website, it’s free – and it’s there to celebrate Lismore’s Italian heritage….
Lounging around, listening to songs…
The Song Lounge is the brainchild of musician and entrepreneur Christina Giorgio – and, she writes, it’s bringing back the idea of music in…
Love Lennox, Love Your Dog…
Can it be possible that it’s heading towards the middle of winter already? And that means it’s the Love Lennox Festival, and almost as…
Because I said so! Robert Drewe on ‘Mother’ sayings…
It seems as if we don’t tick off our children quite like we used to, surmises Robert Drewe after a visit to his local…
Give me land, lots of land and a starry sky above, don’t fence me in…
“I recently took a roadtrip out West,” writes Verandah Magazine publisher Candida Baker, “and what an incredible journey it was – down through the…
Lisa Walker’s Creative Melting Pot
Lisa Walker’s on a creative roll – her latest novel may appear to be a light-hearted romp, writes Jane Camens, but crack the surface…
