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This is what makes a prize-winning garden
Rocks, 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.
Is this new Tesla SUV too fast?
It’s so much faster than it needs to be, and I say that as someone who is a big fan of silly amounts of power.
‘Smugly comfortable’ Boomers cruel Australia’s next generation
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.
Why I never adjust my clock to daylight saving
A plethora of technology has flooded everyday life. And no, it isn’t always intuitive. Sometimes it’s silly.
Food of the gods
With chocolate on everyone’s lips this weekend, let’s look at its chief ingredient, cocoa.
On this issue, the Greens don’t go far enough
It’s time to take a stand for our oldest friends.
Keeping up with Jim and Daisy Chatto isn’t easy
From their moves between the Hunter Valley, Tasmania and Burgundy, this winemaking pair is finding time to make their 2023s.
How to write your own eulogy
I’ve covered my own vasectomy, a ride in an F1 car (don’t, just don’t) and running with the bulls in Pamplona, but none of that even comes close to this.
Ageing, the not-so-secret weapon
China’s ageing population could work in our favour. All we need to do is to get through the next decade or so.
What really makes us happy?
You may believe that’s a waste of effort and opt for taking happy pills. Or go to the Giggle Palace at Luna Park. To each her own.
‘Harry Styles is my secret pin-up… but it’s not sexual’
Harry, Timothee and Bailey. For women of a certain age, these confident beta males are a joy. And the visual delight in gazing at them never dims. Please, no judging.
The bottle that earned a perfect score
Utterly, magnificently, intense and complex, you’ll only realise the wine has disappeared when the glass is indeed empty.
BMW X1 review: annoyingly flawless
As I’ve said roughly a billion times, I don’t like SUVs. But when BMW gets a car right, it really does tend to nail it.
Mercedes-Benz S 580 L review: Who needs a hug?
According to my wife I am ‘needy’. Strangely, however, I do not generally enjoy cars that insist on hugging me, like this Mercedes limousine.
Why the voice makes sense to me
How will it make us feel, as a nation, if the Indigenous voice to parliament doesn’t pass? Embarrassed, ashamed, small, I’d hazard a bet.
Cancer’s lethal lottery killed my siblings. It was my wake-up call
My family history jolted me into having regular checks and changing my habits. But that should be the baseline for all men.
This plant pulls its weight in the garden
You either love them or you hate them, but the canna’s oversized leaves and brightly coloured flowers offer luxuriant foliage in the garden.
Reviving the trend for 80s ‘cringe’ photos
More than a dozen people have so far taken up Katherine Jenkins on the offer to pose naked with their pet.
Wildean wit and other great sayings
Forget computer-generated algorithms and tawdry tweets. I prefer the wit and wisdom of aphorisms.
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