Category Archives: Story

Rob Brander knows what it feels like to be caught in a rip current that quickly takes you hundreds of metres from the shore. As he was being swept out to sea, some of the common advice about what to … Continue reading →

IF YOU think your job sucks spare a thought for the Richardsonianus australis, a species of leech increasingly being used for medicinal purposes. The practice of leech therapy has been around for more than 2000 years, with the creatures used … Continue reading →

The youth population is continuously increasing, and is estimated to reach 1.8 billion this year. Obviously, it is a large population of mass power. Yet, as we say goodbye to another year’s International Youth Day, as the new Youth Advisor … Continue reading →

LOCAL councils are raking in more than $100 million a year in parking fees and fines as metropolitan roads become more congested. The City of Melbourne earned more than $44 million in fines in 2010-11, up almost $3 million on … Continue reading →

We start with Julie Hill hosing out maggots from her mother’s wheelie bin. They are the unintended consequence of the local council’s switch to fortnightly waste collection, done in the name of encouraging people to throw away less stuff and … Continue reading →

I’ve always been of the opinion that if Carrie Bradshaw had popped onto our television screens in 2010 instead of 1998, she would have been a blogger. But alas, she didn’t, so she wrote a (gasp!) print column for the … Continue reading →

One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet properties today looks from the list ten years ago. It wasn’t as if those former top companies were complacent – most of them … Continue reading →

I visited Albert Park Driving Range for the first time last week. I didn’t know what to expect, as I am not a particularly sports-oriented person by nature. But I love golf. It’s strange how much I love golf, yet … Continue reading →

How was the man supposed to know who was blocking his camera? After all, the dark-eyed kid with the long hair lingering near the hot silver car – and in the way – looked like he could have been anybody. … Continue reading →