For years we’ve been told that the “paper” newspaper is heading for the exit. While I’m a digital subscriber, I still prefer a hard copy of The Weekend Australian rather than staring into a computer screen or my smartphone.
Britain and Christian beliefs brought us closer in the past. While times have changed, there remains a last bastion of Australian togetherness.
Heart of the nationWeekend Australian MagazineThe world’s entire royal penguin population live on Macquarie Island. Looking at this photo, you might be thinking, ‘Where’s Wally?’.
MotoringWeekend Australian MagazineIt’s small, spirited, rear-wheel drive – and cheap. The GR86 brilliantly captures the essence of a sports car. Bravo, Toyota.
MotoringWeekend Australian MagazineThe Artura combines the tech of today and tomorrow into a potent package of violent speed. It feels like it will be too insane to drive on public roads | WATCH THE VIDEO
Stephen Corby
WINEWeekend Australian MagazineCarbon neutrality, a variety of grossly underrated wines and revered reputation in Australian wine shows respect for Tahbilk is well founded.
James Halliday
Heart of the NationWeekend Australian MagazineThankfully for aerobatic pilot Paul Bennet that experience lasts only a few seconds. Does he ever feel sick? Silly question, it turns out.
MotoringWeekend Australian MagazineThe Fonz Arthur 3 is fantastically manoeuvrable, cute as a button but I can’t remember the last time I rode something where the zero to 100km/h time was “never”.
Stephen Corby
It’s Wendy, early Germaine, Dawn Fraser, Charmion Clift, Marcia Langton, Judy Davis, Chrissie Amphlett. For women of a certain age it’s bracing to see.
Weekend Australian MagazineNone had it tougher than the generation who built modern Australia. We should reflect upon our collective good fortune.
pet theoryWeekend Australian MagazineHumans have kept pets since forever, ranging from dogs to cats and even sometimes rocks. But what does that say about us?
WINEWeekend Australian MagazinePrue Henschke wants the ‘next generation inherit a fertile and sustainable land’. The results of the family’s work is exceptional.
James Halliday
GARDENSWeekend Australian MagazinePink grapefruit, blood oranges, blushing pink lemons … citrus are not only yellow and orange.
WINEWeekend Australian MagazineNext month’s global release of the 2018 Hill of Grace (and the five other wines from the 2018 vintage) of Henschke’s Hill of Grace Vineyard is breathtaking.
James Halliday
MOTORINGWeekend Australian MagazineTruly, this Jeep is a unique ute, and not just because it looks like it was designed by a man who’d been working at Tonka Trucks.
Stephen Corby
MagazineJust add an -ism or an -ology, and you’re on your way.
MagazineMy reader is the father of a daughter with young sons, and what he’s witnessing from his violent and dangerous son-in-law is tearing his family apart.
MagazineMy mother was right. The grand sweep of life doesn’t become clear until you’ve hit 60.
MagazineWeekend Australian MagazineRocks, plants and feature trees combine to create a serene yet striking oasis on this Toowoomba property, a city renowned for its beautiful gardens and manicured lawns.
They’ve gamed the system so lucratively in their favour over the years, denying younger Australians a sense of financial security. No wonder the kids’ anxiety is increasing.