Lifestyle
Michael Atkinson has been skiing all his life and was gobsmacked by how expensive ski lift passes are today compared to 34 years ago. The 47-year-old Australian dad visits Perisher ski resort in New South Wales every year and revealed how in 1990, when he was 14, a lift past cost him $46 – but today customers […]
That sounds like a great plan! Sydney has plenty of fun activities for children during the school holidays. Here are 20 best school holiday activities in Sydney for 2024: These activities offer a mix of educational and recreational experiences, ensuring a memorable school holiday in Sydney.
Some people live to be 100 or older still. Others aren’t quite so lucky. What separates the two groups? Part of the answer boils down to simple luck: we know that genes play a prominent role in shaping lifespan. For some, this means being naturally predisposed to a longer life, while for others, it means facing […]
The famous Gen Zers are taking things to a new level by embracing a very revealing new trend. We’ve all had to accept that low-rise bottoms and tiny crop tops are back in fashion. The kind of crops that don’t just end above your belly button, but are cut off even higher. Everyone is suddenly […]
What’s in a name? A bit, it turns out. Especially if that name is incorrectly merged, slapped on a sign and left languishing at a Melbourne train station for almost a century. Such a circumstance prompted Public Transport Users Association campaigner Daniel Bowen, a former Glen Huntly resident, to write to the government in 2021 […]
Finland has been dubbed the world’s happiest nation for the sixth consecutive year in the annual World Happiness Report, released on Monday. The list is largely based on Gallup World Poll evaluations on matters such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption, New York Post reports. “Citizens of Finland’s strong feelings […]
The ones to watch. Often overshadowed by cities like Melbourne and Sydney, Brisbane/Meanjin creatives have too often been siloed in the Australian fashion industry. But here at Fashion Journal, we’re always looking for the country’s next generation of emerging designers – wherever they are. For a group of designers in Brisbane, community friendships have become a means to […]
Nine-time champion Novak Djokovic breezed through to the second round while women’s No. 2 seed Ons Jabeur had a shaky start amid searing heat at the Australian Open on Tuesday. Scorching weather on day two of competition forced the roof to be closed on the major courts, as temperatures in Melbourne reached 38 degrees celsius. […]
