Tim Barlass and his family moved to Sydney from Twickenham for the lifestyle.

Summertime and emigratin’ ain’t easy

Emigrating is an exhausting summer pastime. To do it once is challenging,twice could be considered madness. No more ping-ponging for us.

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Wendy Tuck is ready for her 16th Sydney to Hobart race.

Wendy learnt to sail from a kids’ book. Now she’s taking on a notorious stretch of water for the 17th time

Skipper Wendy Tuck has sailed around the world,but never takes the Bass Strait for granted.

  • Tim Barlass
Cleaning up beaches - Sydney plastics recycling firm opens micro processing plant in Fiji.

The Sydney business turning Fiji’s beach litter into power poles

While labour-intensive sorting and cleaning makes most plastic recycling processes financially unviable,the shredder system can use any plastics.

  • Tim Barlass
Restoration of Battle of Britain Spitfire:The aircraft flown by Australian ace Paterson Hughes is being rebuilt.

He was Australia’s deadliest Battle of Britain pilot. Now,his plane will fly again

Pat Hughes shot down more German aircraft than any other Australian pilot when the Luftwaffe attacked during the Battle of Britain.

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Daniel Keighran in Anzac Square in Brisbane,October 3,2024.

Victoria Cross recipient to sell medals to cover family expenses

Afghanistan veteran Daniel Keighran said “times are tough,things are hard”,especially for a growing family.

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Julie-Ann Finney with a portrait of her son,Dave,and other vets who have committed suicide that she has placed at the Cenotaph in Sydney on Anzac Day,April 25,2024.

‘My life was destroyed’:Veteran suicide families speak out

With the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran suicide about to release its findings,six families disclose their heartbreak,their belief that the system let them down – and what they would like to see changed.

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Russell Crowe movie props are up for sale.

How to look like Russell Crowe in his prime for just $75,000

Leather breastplates,aluminium swords and rubber shields are just the beginning.

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Curator Sarah Morley with May Gibbs Original illustrations at the Mitchell Library.

Dealing with May Gibbs wasn’t all Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

The illustrator’s first newspaper strip,Bib and Bub,was published 100 years ago. The astute businesswoman was perfectly capable of standing her ground in the male-dominated industry.

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Senior curator Sally Hone and Manager of the Indigenous Engagement Branch Damien Webb from the State Library of NSW handling a newly acquired rare fragment of Governor Arthur Phillip’s long-lost journal.

The surprise encounter revealed in Governor Phillip’s newly unearthed journal

When 20 pages of Australia’s first governor’s journal turned up,it was something of a must-have for the State Library of NSW.

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Conservator Jordan Aarsen at the Australian National Maritime Museum with small bronze animals from the wreck of The Dunbar,which sank off Sydney’s headland in 1857.

Mystery surrounding treasures from Sydney shipwreck may finally be solved

Items recovered from the wreck including figurines of baby birds have survived the plundering of treasure hunters.

  • Tim Barlass