Friday, 18th July
NB
Do you have a chair with a wonky leg or a toaster that refuses to toast? Or maybe one of the seams in your favourite trousers has torn. Enter the Fixery! The Fixery is your go-to destination for having your favourite...
Thursday, 17th July
NBS
The 1st Frenchs Forest Scout Group held a lap-a-thon recently, raising $2055 to support fellow Scouts in Myanmar and Thailand affected by earthquakes earlier this year. The funds will be dispersed through the World Organisation of the Scout Movement to help...
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PW
A car, a group of friends and a trip through Australia. Sonya Link and her trusty Holden HR have completed the Variety Bash yet again. Imagine a road. A 6,000-kilometre, 11-day trip across Australia is awaiting. The car, a 1967 Holden...
NS
Doctor Diana Robinson says ‘taking a leap of faith’ has seen her recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for service to sports medicine. Castlecrag’s Diana Robinson says she is still ‘very surprised’ to have been made a member of the...
NS, NB
Content warning: This article contains references to suicide. Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkins has changed lifeguarding around the world as the face of Bondi Rescue. Editor Michelle Giglio talks to the Newport local about how the show went from a one-hour pilot to...
NBS
In a world that often values productivity over self-care, Cromer author Katie Brown’s mission to spread the practice of relaxation is a welcome breath of fresh air. With the business and stress of daily life, finding moments of calm and serenity...
NS
Cammeray local and actor Rachel Gordon is passionate about theatre, with each role being a voyage of self-discovery. Growing up on Sydney’s North Shore, Rachel Gordon always knew she wanted to act. Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts...
NBS
Blind marathon swimmer James Pittar has dedicated his passion to restoring sight to the needlessly blind. He has just swum 150 kilometres and raised much needed funds for the Fred Hollows Foundation. “Life is fun”, says North Balgowlah local James Pittar...
PW
Recently retired midwife Dennie Hardie on the ups and downs of her 42-year career on the Beaches. Dennie Hardie had no intention of becoming a midwife when she went into nursing after school at Royal North Shore Hospital. She then picked...
PW
From the depths of human consciousness to the vast Metaverse, new Shark Tank shark Catriona Wallace says the show entwines her journey through the shadowlands within both worlds. Conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are no longer just...
NS
Play School host Don Spencer founded The Australian Children’s Music Foundation 21 years ago. It has been changing lives for disadvantaged children ever since. Over the last 21 years, the Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) has opened its doors to disadvantaged...
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Australia’s first-ever astronaut candidate grew up on the Northern Beaches. Katherine Bennell-Pegg spoke to editor Michelle Giglio from her base in Germany about space-walking, moon missions and star gazing as a child on the Peninsula. Katherine Bennell-Pegg is scoring a lot...