The magic of Christmas never ends and it's greatest of gifts are family and friends

The magic of Christmas never ends and it's greatest of gifts are family and friends

100,000 people, 130 tonnes of prawns: 36 hours at the Sydney Fish Market

More than 130 tonnes of prawns are expected to be sold as 100,000 people flock to the Sydney Fish Market for its annual 36-hour "Seafood Marathon".

 ... when newspapers were worth reading: “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” | Newseum.



Jewish body wants religious hospitals to 'choose' patients in discrimination bill

Charlotte Wood: 'I know the sea has changed me'

Unnerving experiences with water deposit dark undertows in a child’s subconscious. Decades later, the psychic power of swimming helps wash them away.

Product designer Jonna Breitenhuber has come up with an interesting way to get rid of plastic shampoo and body wash containers: by packaging the liquids in bottles made of slow-dissolving soap.


The real Christmas story is about ending economic oppression

Posted on December 20 2019

I will not, unlike some, stop blogging over the holiday period. To ask me to stop writing is akin to asking me to stop breathing.
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Landscape designer Phillip Withers on gardens for beach houses

The Melbourne-based designer was given a brief to create a natural-looking garden that blended in with the native vegetation surrounding the property, with a Mediterranean feel.

Can a New Diagnosis Help Prevent Suicide? Undark  

99 good news stories you probably didn't hear about in 2019

Angus Hervey, via Future Crunch

If we want to change the story of the human race in the 21st century, we have to change the stories we tell ourselves.

The 'devastatingly intense' lessons in Christos Tsiolkas' Damascus

'I learnt more about Christianity in two days devouring Damascus than I did in five years at a Catholic high school.'