Inside Clonakilla: how to make a classic Australian wine
Tim Kirk persuaded his dad to try something a little different at Clonakilla in the early ’90s – and it spawned a legendary wine which gets better every year.
Ross Bilton
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Lord of the winds
Imagine a leaf blower that’s shrunk down to the size of a water pistol. Sounds fun, right? That’s the TurboJet Oz.
Ready for my close-up
Under the gaze of a state-of-the-art, $1.2 million research microscope at the Australian National University, this ladybird looks like a star.
Melbourne: through a migrant’s lens
David Niu emigrated from Shanghai in 2007, and says he still struggles with the language barrier in Australia. But his street photography of his adopted city speaks volumes.
The days of coins are numbered — but it ain’t all bad
The former boss of the Royal Australian Mint predicts coins could be out of circulation as soon as 2030. But for canny investors, they could be worth more than ever.
Keeping it sweet on the road
It’s a sign for your car, on which you can flash up a choice of two words: SORRY or THANKS. Why didn’t anyone think of this before?
Beats at bedtime
Why on Earth would anyone need a pillow with stereo speakers built into it?
OMG, it’s the ISS
It zips around the Earth at 28,000km/h, so photographing the International Space Station as it crossed the face of the Moon was always going to be a challenge.
A diet of deadly plastic
The 403 fragments of plastic in this mosaic were found in the digestive tract of a young seabird on Lord Howe Island. It’s a grim new record, researchers say.
More power to you
The EcoFlow Delta 2 “portable power station” can run 13 devices simultaneously. It’s a serious bit of kit, but who’s it aimed at?
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