Heart of the Amazon
Mona Helen Preuss The moment your six-seater plane lands on that narrow grass airstrip surrounded by dense jungle, you know you’re in another world. A world where you’ll reside for…
DVD Knockout Match: “Let The Right One In” Vs “Let Me In”
Craig Priddle Blue Corner: Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) – Sweden 2008 (8.0 imdb) Red Corner: Let Me In – USA 2010 (7.2 imdb) Verdict:…
Game On!
Elise Hawthorne From the Super Mario Bros to Donkey Kong via Minecraft, the Game Masters video games exhibition now on at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has it covered. Relive…
Great Re-Uses for Plastic
Jenny Cottle Plastic is convenient, cheap and a worldwide environmental scourge. Whilst science is finding many alternatives to plastic, people are beginning to realise that they need to change their…
6 Raw Foods Your Kids Will Enjoy
Brenda Janschek Eating more raw foods (vs cooked) is a must for you and your family. Eating raw reduces the loss of vitamins and minerals that occur when food has…
Presenting at TEDx… Spreading an idea worth spreading
Craig Priddle Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like…
In the Presence of a Master
Elise Hawthorne A.J. Taylor’s HAWKESBURY exhibition at the Martin Browne Contemporary art gallery in Sydney bought a grown woman, namely me, to tears. Not since Author Boyd’s Shoalhaven landscape series…
#Rodriguez
Bret Harding This week, I had the good fortune to watch a documentary on cable regarding a blast from the past named Sixto Rodriguez. The film Searching for Sugar Man…
Ode to Bill: Sydney Street Style
Elise Hawthorne Following last week’s article about the very talented and inspiring Bill Cunningham, I ventured out on the streets of Sydney to try my hand at capturing images of…
Being Green in an Urban Environment
Jenny Cottle Reading about a new innovation in bicycle design made me think about living sustainably in an urban environment. As individuals there are so many things we can do,…