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13 places to buy your Christmas Ham this festive season

Alexa Sommerville — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:00:17 +0000

Before you start getting the kids to compile their wishlists... Before you try to figure out how you’ll fit your parents, both sets of grandparents and one great-aunt under the...

Merry + Bright: a very Canberra Christmas

Alexa Sommerville — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 21:38:03 +0000

Our Christmas may not be white, but Canberra sure knows how to make the festive season merry and bright. This December, the city centre will be dressed for the season,...

Lock, stock and barrel of laughs

Alexa Sommerville — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 19:10:16 +0000

Everything is better with a glass of wine. As if you needed another reason for a good drop of wine on a summer Sunday afternoon, comedy event Grapes of Mirth...

16 new places to eat in Canberra

Alexa Sommerville — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 19:10:48 +0000

We know – it feels like we just wrote the last list. But since our last round-up, Canberra’s food scene has exploded again and there are even more new places...

DESIGN Canberra: contemporary design that honours history

Alexa Sommerville — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:35:43 +0000

They say never meet your heroes, but Chelsea Lemon is doing that and then some. Chelsea has been chosen as this year’s Designer-in-Residence for the DESIGN Canberra Festival, in part...

Femili PNG: trekking Kokoda for a cause

Alexa Sommerville — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:10:57 +0000

The Kokoda Track is a gruelling multi-day trek covering 96 kilometres of muddy slopes. Crossing streams and marching single-file through the humid Papua New Guinean jungle is a test of...

Dance and reading the key to making childhood a blast

Alexa Sommerville — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:00:19 +0000

A wise man once said, “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” For local creatives Shelly Unwin and Julie...

14 ways to celebrate spring in Canberra

Alexa Sommerville — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:20:13 +0000

If, like us, you're rejoicing at the change in season (17 degrees and sunny? Hello, t-shirt weather!), then we bet you’re looking for ways to get out and enjoy...