On Tuesday 2 February, join knowledgeable Park Rangers for this special World Wetlands Day walk. Beginning from the Town Centre, the Park Rangers will guide you across to Lake Belvedere to meet the Sydney Olympic Park Ecology team and learn about the conservation and protection of Wetlands. Take in the sights and […]
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Satellite tracking supports blue whale survival
Extensive satellite tracking has revealed important new knowledge about the little known pygmy blue whale population of Southern Australia. Marine scientists from Flinders University, Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Blue Planet Marine and Macquarie University extensively tracked the movements of foraging and migrating blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) along the Australian […]
New southern hemisphere record for giant pumpkin
A giant Atlantic variety pumpkin grown by North Coast nurseryman Dale Oliver, Knockrow via Bangalow, has claimed the southern hemisphere record at 867 kilograms after a spectacular public weigh-in at Kyogle. The sub-tropical season has not been particularly kind to growers of the enormous gourd. While there was more water […]
Gin Making Workshop
Become a gin distiller for the day and try your hand at creating your own custom gin. Work with one of our distillers to make a gin of your own creation using your choice of botanicals, including some you can pick from our very own botanical garden! Programme Workshops are […]
The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia
Twenty years ago, on January 25 2001, a virtually unknown German supermarket chain quietly opened its first stores in Australia. The two stores – one in Sydney’s inner-west suburb of Marrickville, the other in the outer south-west, near Bankstown Airport – were small, about a quarter the size of […]
Not sure about the Pfizer vaccine, now it’s been approved in Australia? You can scratch these 4 concerns straight off your list
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provisionally approved Australia’s first COVID vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine, paving the way for its rollout to begin in mid-to-late February among high-risk groups. Two doses will be required, at least three weeks apart. The vaccine can be given to people 16 years […]
Jazz & cocktails @ Camelot Lounge
“You have a fan in the way you sing, I think it’s perfect” (Tony Bennett). Due to huge demand, Australia’s own Gregg Arthur is returning to Camelot. Come & experience Gregg on stage as he sips a martini & sings some of the smoothest & most loved tunes from The […]
Henley Passport Global Ranking 2021
For some people, a passport is a portal to the world. For others, it is a barrier to the travel freedom they seek. Where do you lie on the spectrum of mobility? The Henley Passport Index is the most rigorous and sophisticated measure of global access. It goes beyond a […]
Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies
But why wait until there was a riot in the Capitol? Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology After the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has permanently suspended his account, which had 88.7 million followers, citing “risk of further incitement of violence”. […]
Interview with Marc Fennell, Host of The Feed (SBS) and Stuff the British Stole (ABC)
Marc Fennell is a Walkley winning journalist, interviewer, documentary maker and author. Marc has been honoured internationally by The Webby Awards and twice nominated for Europe’s prestigious Rose d’Or. He is a recipient of America’s coveted James Beard Foundation Award and a gold and silver medallist at the New York […]