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Putricia is now fully opened.

The night I accidentally became a corpse flower’s bedside manservant

I ran to the Royal Botanic Garden late last night – and accidentally became involved with the stinky, intimate art of Putricia’s pollination.

  • Angus Dalton

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“Putricia” the corpse flower is blooming.

Sydney’s long-awaited, foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ is finally blooming

Visitors are invited to come to smell the corpse flower’s rotten perfume during extended opening hours at the botanic garden before the flower withers and dies.

  • Frances Howe and Angus Dalton
Boys hang onto the rocks as strong winds batter the coastline at Ben Buckler Point.

Temperatures plunge as southerly hits Sydney, uprooting trees and lifting roofs

Sydney sweltered through a hotter than average January day before 90km/h winds brought much-needed relief.

  • Kayla Olaya
The state government is still mulling plans for the final piece of the Barangaroo urban renewal project.

The metro station opened months ago. The $2 billion development above is stuck

The final piece of the foreshore to be developed has been converted into an outdoor cinema and pickleball court as planning authorities mull its fate.

  • Megan Gorrey
9pm goes off with a bang at Mrs Macquaries chair.
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NYE 2024 in Sydney

Crowds flock to Sydney’s vantage points for a front-row seat to the city’s world-famous New Year’s Eve fireworks display.

Wendy Harmer says the sounds of summer can be defeaning.

Deafening cacophony when it’s the Big Day Out in your backyard

You know it’s bad when you opt for a Motorhead rock concert to get a bit of shoosh from the summer wildlife.

  • Wendy Harmer
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Jerry Chen and the Hotel CBD building.

Justin Hemmes wants to turn this CBD block into a 24/7 venue. One problem: Jerry

Merivale has lodged initial plans for a huge entertainment precinct in the CBD, but some residents are fighting the plan, fearing they’ll be kicked out.

  • Anthony Segaert
A decade on from the Lindt Cafe siege, the trauma is still too real.

A madman, a sawn-off shotgun and 18 hostages: How a killer terrorised my city for 17 hours

Across from a TV studio and in one of Sydney’s busiest pedestrian precincts, a deadly terror attack played out on a scale Australia had never seen before.

  • Deborah Snow
The iconic Luna Park face in Sydney’s Milsons Point.

Luna Park’s new owner revealed after global hunt, but one mystery lingers

The Sydney amusement park, opened in 1935, was listed for sale for about $70 million in June.

  • Megan Gorrey
Bronte Beach.

From Palm Beach to Cronulla: The health of Sydney’s beaches revealed

NSW can boast almost-perfect water quality at the vast majority of its beaches, but two of Sydney’s most famous swimming spots have received damning rankings.

  • Alexandra Smith

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