Cedar Mill building steam to host acts like 'Metallica' Morisset's Cedar Mill plans on making plenty of noise. Newcastle Herald · Oct 6, 2023
Grace is the youngest winner of the Queen's Guide Award 'It was amazing in so many ways.' Newcastle Herald · Oct 6, 2023
The $2,000 taxi ride: how a simple missed train ended up in an epic six-hour cab journey My train left 30 minutes before schedule – and so began a 600Km roadtrip through a good chunk of south east Australia The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023
Warm water and $8 hot chips: after six years of waiting does western Sydney’s new pool live up to the hype? The new Parramatta Aquatic Centre features pleasing curved architecture, but is it worth the $88.6m cost? The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2023
Four injured after miniature train derails at Cockington Green Gardens in Canberra Owners of tourist attraction say they ‘deeply regret’ incident and their thoughts are with those involved The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2023
From Luna Park to neo-Nazis – why the Middle Ages still matters to middle Australia The medieval is part of the mosaic of modern Australia. Our nation’s heritage on this island continent is full of it: in aesthetics, institutions, laws, languages, identities, moralities. Indeed, the very idea of a university is medieval – a concept developed by the Catholic Church around the year 1100. The Conversation · Sep 25, 2023
Owners of New Zealand volcano that fatally erupted deny responsibility for visitor safety White Island/Whakaari volcano exploded in 2019, prompting debate over natural hazard tourism The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023
Pescara's warm Italian welcome to Hunter food scene Writing about their dishes is enough to get the stomach rumbling. Newcastle Herald · Sep 21, 2023
‘You cannot replace it’: dismay over threat to sacred site posed by Toowoomba bypass Proposed corridor will pass ‘near the historic and culturally sensitive Aboriginal site’ of Gummingurru The Guardian - AU · Sep 10, 2023
Planes, trains and the Skybus: experts debate whether Melbourne urgently needs an airport rail line The recent halting of the project and reports it could be stalled for years have cast doubt on whether it will ever take off The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2023
Common wealth: how Birdsville adapted an age-old English custom for the outback Home to goat herds, dirt bike races and thousands of tourists, this tiny town’s big shared space reimagines an ancient concept The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2023
'City-centre hub': University of Newcastle campus at Gosford approved 'We've seen what NUspace did for Newcastle.' Newcastle Herald · Aug 28, 2023
White Island volcano trial: court hears from land owners accused of safety failures One of three brothers who own the island and run tourist operation there tells court ‘what happened was a shock to everybody’ The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2023
‘Rise up’: monks urge WA towns to fight minerals exploration in vulnerable Jarrah forests After seeing off a bid to explore near the Bodhinyana monastery, the forest monks are encouraging others to ‘keep the pressure on’ The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2023
Zenger · Aug 17, 2023 Farmer Grows 250,000 Sunflowers To Make Trail And now thousands of visitors flock to his estate to walk among the seven-foot-tall flowers.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2023 Four Australians among seven missing after boat hit by storm off Indonesian islands Search and rescue operation launched after small vessel failed to arrive at Pinang resort in the Banyak Islands off Aceh
The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023 Vanilla slice, banh mi and fried ice-cream: Adam Liaw and Poh Ling Yeow on seven Australian dishes worth travelling for The cooks and MasterChef alumni share their favourite destination meals and snacks, from a small-town vanilla slice to Top End laksa
The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2023 Australia is not being ‘singled out’ by Unesco’s in-danger recommendation for the Great Barrier Reef Australia has the wealth, technology and resources to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Until this happens, it is not doing all it can to protect the reef
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023 Flight forced to divert after three men caught vaping and drinking their own alcohol Police say they have ‘zero tolerance’ of abusive passenger behaviour on flights
The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2023 Is this Australia’s last generation of opal miners? A bureaucratic error shut 3,000 mining claims in White Cliffs and Lightning Ridge, and many fear the industry won’t recover
The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023 Country diary: There’s a party vibe on the sand dunes The Bents sand dunes, Whitburn, Tyne and Wear: Among the muted, pastel tones of sea rocket and frosted orache, non-native escapees bring some brilliance
The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2023 No parking: ‘parklets’ to improve inner-Sydney streetscapes for residents, urbanists say Exclusive: Thinktank recommends councils convert footpaths into urban activations and green spaces, adding to pandemic-era policy
The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2023 White Island volcano: Australian survivor shares pain of leaving family after eruption as trial continues Jesse Langford’s recalled his father struggling to breathe while his mother wasn’t moving after the eruption in New Zealand in 2019
AAP · Jul 17, 2023 Volcano survivor 'still bothered' by leaving parents Sydney's Jesse Langford was just a teenager when confronted with a nightmare decision after he and his family were badly injured by a volcano eruption.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 13, 2023 Indigenous renaissance: Māori hope Matariki holiday will help cement status of local knowledge The ancient knowledge systems which underpin the new year holiday in New Zealand can explain everything from the weather to the movement of fish