Huge Congrats to Loren Seskin and Vix Erber (our very own Bondi fitness guru from Bondi Vixen and Mama Moves!) who have won 2 tickets each to the Cream Tangerine New Year Parties!! Sorry if you missed out – there will be other opportunities for tickets and special offers throughout the year. Sign up to [...]

WIN!!! New Year Party Tickets! Only a few days left so get your entry in now. Win tickets to Cream Tangerine’s Bon Voyage 2011 NYE and Wrecked NYD parties on the deck of the Swiss Grand Hotel with comp drinks, canapes, bands, DJs and fireworks. Entries close Friday 30 December. Fun! Just Like us and enter your [...]

Are Australians a generous gaggle of givers or a stingy group of grinches? During the silly season of big-time buying, do we think of those less fortunate? It seems we do! I’m clearly not the only one giving piglets and piles of poo as gifts (via Oxfam and ChildFund, you understand). And we’re not only [...]

The sun will come to Bondi Beach for summer. Some time. I’m pretty sure. In the meantime, there’s plenty more to explore. I can honestly say, my favourite local walking route, which I do at least once or twice daily, is around our vibrant village. Not the beach promenade or along the coast, but winding [...]

Sam de Brito: Off the cuff with Sydney’s best-known blogger The “All Men are Liars” blogger and author talks Aussie men, women, life challenges and local buzz in Sydney, By John Davidson 19 Dec 2011, CNNGo.com Blogger and author Sam de Brito knows Sydney better than most. The man behind the award-winning Sydney Morning Herald blog, “All [...]

Bondi Beach has a hairy history. She’s seen floods and fire, riots, submarine attacks, gang violence, bikini wars and gay gang murders. These days the most horrifying events seem limited to serious sunburn, parking problems and escalating house prices. As we look to the future, will the irrefutable gentrification of Bondi Beach result in a [...]

A fresh slice … (left) Robert Marchetti and Erik Jansson. Photos: Marco Del Grande. A chef’s dream comes true at this Bondi meat emporium. Rob Marchetti spreads his legs and plants his feet firmly on his Italian tiled floor as he describes La Macelleria, his new Bondi meat-by-the-beach store, as a ”third millennium butchery”. Marchetti, [...]

Thinking local goes global: Garage Sale Trail awarded. What started out as a Bondi community garage sale has spread nationwide – and now the people behind Garage Sale Trail have been recognised at the Oscars of the sustainability world. Darryl Nichols, Andrew Valder and the Republic for Everyone organisation were awarded an International Green Award [...]

Brrrrrr …. Stephanie Nomchong shelters her dog Georgie from the unusual December cold weather at Bondi. We’ve had Christmas in July – now it feels more like July at Christmas as Sydney’s unseasonable cool snap continues. For the second day in a row temperatures in Sydney failed to reach 20C, with yesterday reaching a top of 19C [...]