stories

Animal Farm
posted on 17/05/2009 - about aussie icons
I suppose you heard about the flag we lost up here in Toowoomba. Some low life fools have gone to the trouble of hacking into the bott...
thanks to Rachel Somers from near Lake Eildon

Backyard BBQ
posted on 16/05/2009 - about lifestyle
I am new to Melbourne and decided to have a bbq to meet my otherhalf's friends. We have a tiny 2 bedroom unit, and unknown to me, my OH...
thanks to bobchic

Feeling Australian
posted on 08/05/2009 - about lifestyle
Being able to walk down the road, to my local river, pick up the Kayak and go down the river valley...
thanks to Alex Portnoy

Australia Day with my family
posted on 06/05/2009 - about everyday life
We go to the Regatta at Penrith lakes every year for Australia Day. What a great day it is, entertainment galore, and food and of cours...
thanks to Sarah DMellow

Going on camp
posted on 06/05/2009 - about everyday life
Going on camp and hiking in the Aussie bush is the best feeling there is....
thanks to Johnny

Mateship in the aftermath of disaster
posted on 12/04/2009 - about country and coast
Cyclone Larry had devastated our beautiful part of the world. The night had been long and scary, the day full of shock and disbelief. Y...
thanks to Gry Risla from Norway

The Isa in the '60s
posted on 12/04/2009 - about country and coast
Though people had trouble pronouncing our names, we were never made to feel like we didn't belong. Having arrived in Mount Isa in 1966,...
thanks to Gry Risla from Norway

Golden Fleece that way it used to be
posted on 26/03/2009 - about travel
Golden Fleece used to be a service station chain across Australia years ago. I'd forgotten about them until I stumbled upon this old m...
thanks to Reginald

Camping holiday - best way to see Australia
posted on 22/01/2009 - about holidays
No better way to see Australia than by camping. Just the basics, nothing too flash, some food shelter and transport. Fortunately, Aus...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Australia: Diversity, sun, fun and fabulous Sydney harbour
posted on 15/01/2009 - about city and town
I am fortunate enough to live near Sydney harbour and I never tire of looking out over the water at 'The Coathanger' (Sydney harbour br...
thanks to Jo

A great place to propose
posted on 03/01/2009 - about country and coast
When it comes to proposing there is one memorable place that takes the cake for a challenge to get there but is well worth the effort. ...
thanks to Grot

Leaving their mark in stone
posted on 21/12/2008 - about city and town
At the old NSW Quarantine Station on North Head in Sydney, there are fascinating carvings in the sandstone near the wharf. For 140 yea...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Werris Creek Station
posted on 21/12/2008 - about city and town
During the unveiling of a memorial in 2007 to NSW railway workers killed on the job, many people came to watch as the then Minister for...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Old Sydney buses had character
posted on 21/12/2008 - about city and town
The new buses I ride on today are comfortable and fairly quiet but I miss the character of the buses I rode as a little girl growing up...
thanks to Fran

Community protest, Double Bay NSW
posted on 19/12/2008 - about everyday life
It's a sign of the times in Australia when more and more communities find themselves compelled to protest government decision-making. ...
thanks to Danielle Thomasen from Adelaide

Metal cake
posted on 19/12/2008 - about the outback
Stunning rock formation shows up spectacularly in Western Australia's iron ore country. Digging up the ground uncovers some cool look...
thanks to Matthew Strahorn from Brisbane

Walking the streets of Sydney
posted on 18/12/2008 - about city and town
Almost every day since January 2003, an amazing Sydney man, Alan Waddell, set about walking the streets of Sydney - literally every str...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Two textures of life in Australia
posted on 16/12/2008 - about everyday life
Two types of living. Two types of experience: sun-warmed urban brick set amid Banjo Patteson's 'rush and nervous haste' of sunburnt a...
thanks to Will Leidbeter from Heidelberg

Chooks in my backyard
posted on 15/12/2008 - about everyday life
These two chooks get easily lost in my neighbour's back yard. It's a mess. He doesn't mind them there. They produce fantastic eggs, ...
thanks to Will Leidbeter from Heidelberg

Telephone sockets in Australia
posted on 15/12/2008 - about everyday life
A trivial feature of Australian life. But when in Rome, you've got to do as they do. Here in Oz, that means negotiating the strange-l...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Women drivers surprising the blokes at Australian mines
posted on 13/12/2008 - about everyday life
Something that's changed quite a bit in recent years is the presence of women running machinery throughout mining operations across Aus...
thanks to Matthew Strahorn from Brisbane

Nice Fashion - if you can wear it
posted on 11/12/2008 - about fashion
Not sure where this picture came from or who took it (if it was you, please let me know so you can be properly credited) Anyway, its ...
thanks to Fran

A locomotive cab ride in Australia's northwest
posted on 08/12/2008 - about travel
Being a locomotive engineer in Australia has gotta be a pretty interesting experience, especially if you run trains in the arid north w...
thanks to Rodney Harrison from Batemans Bay

Camping with wild pigs
posted on 07/12/2008 - about the outback
No tent, just a hutchie (plastic to keep dew at bay). No mosquito net. Just a tube of Deet repellent. Nothing to stop wild pigs roam...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Flying like a bird
posted on 06/12/2008 - about country and coast
Great weekend Bald Hill. Cool breeze off the ocean, babes on the beach below and us hang gliders doing our thing in the clear blue Aus...
thanks to Raymond

Baptism of fire
posted on 05/12/2008 - about country and coast
Not sure what plant this is - or was - but it reminded me of an emu complete with beak open as if it's about to say something. A bunch ...
thanks to Jenny

Farmers march on the big smoke
posted on 04/12/2008 - about everyday life
Back in 2007, my neighbour and I got up early to drive five hours to Sydney to march on state parliament. It wasn't something we wante...
thanks to Jim Robertson from Coonabarabran

Copy chocolate?
posted on 03/12/2008 - about food
My son bought some chocolate honeycomb 'squares' from an expensive outlet in our area. On sampling the product, he found the taste was ...
thanks to Mick

The Angel of Edgecliff
posted on 02/12/2008 - about city and town
On a wall facing traffic heading east on New South Head Road is a perpetual mural. For 20 years, commuters heading east on New South H...
thanks to Fran

Off your trolley or just fleeing it
posted on 01/12/2008 - about everyday life
It seems stray shopping trolleys are multiplying. But when people abandon their trolleys and put a blight on the native (or urban) land...
thanks to Fran