These mates dreamt about retiring to Mexico – but found a little Aussie town instead
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These mates dreamt about retiring to Mexico – but found a little Aussie town instead

Peter Manwaring and Robert Carroll used to talk about retiring to a hacienda,but then they discovered Australian country town Molong.

  • bySheriden Rhodes

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I thought winning wasn’t everything. Then my netball team made it to the grand final
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I thought winning wasn’t everything. Then my netball team made it to the grand final

After a 30-year break,all I cared about was being back on the court. But against the Boyfriend Team,I found myself wanting to claim victory more than anything.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Forget the wellness fads:Why a girls’ trip is the most restorative thing you can do
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Forget the wellness fads:Why a girls’ trip is the most restorative thing you can do

There is nothing as delicious as surrounding yourself with people who know the story of your first pash at a school dance or remember your emo phase.

  • byCharlotte Mortlock
Your 50s and 60s don’t have to be lonely. How older women are making new friends

Your 50s and 60s don’t have to be lonely. How older women are making new friends

From ukulele clubs to op-shop volunteering,women over 50 are finding new ways to meet people.

  • byNell Geraets
I thought our friendship could survive anything. Then I fell pregnant
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I thought our friendship could survive anything. Then I fell pregnant

We tend to assume that it’s parents who ditch their child-free friends when a baby arrives. For me,though,it’s been the other way around.

  • byZoya Patel
She’s the dear friend I’ve never met. Is she about to drain my savings?

She’s the dear friend I’ve never met. Is she about to drain my savings?

Internet friendships come with their intimacy - and their risks.

  • byGenevieve Novak
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My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end,he still called the shots

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end,he still called the shots

We’d promised to catch up more often,but it wasn’t to be.

  • byAnson Cameron
‘It gave me the ick’:When friendly surveillance crosses the line

‘It gave me the ick’:When friendly surveillance crosses the line

Location sharing apps are changing the nature of friendships.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Walked a mate’s dog,but didn’t scoop the poop … Am I still a good friend?
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Walked a mate’s dog,but didn’t scoop the poop … Am I still a good friend?

Ask yourself the age-old philosophical question,suggests the Modern Guru:if a poop falls in an empty park and nobody is around to see it,did it really fall?

  • byDanny Katz
Here’s what I learnt after attending my school reunion

Here’s what I learnt after attending my school reunion

A night at my 50-year school reunion reminds me what really matters in life.

  • byJane Caro
What a recent breakup made me realise about love

What a recent breakup made me realise about love

I am discovering good love is hard to find and,sadly,often hard to keep.

  • byWendy Squires