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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When Dean was locked up,he told Felicia to move on with her life
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When Dean was locked up,he told Felicia to move on with her life

Miner Dean told his then fiancée,a former Miss Australia winner,not to wait for him when he was sent to jail for drug trafficking. Thankfully,she ignored him.

  • byErin O'Dwyer
‘A bit jealous’:When mum and daughter go to uni at the same time
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‘A bit jealous’:When mum and daughter go to uni at the same time

Titania Henderson was a stay-at-home mum until she returned to study in her 50s. Her daughter Amy checked her essays;now they share a Melbourne studio.

  • bySusan Horsburgh
‘I don’t know why she’s stuck around’:Surviving the Dark Emu fallout

‘I don’t know why she’s stuck around’:Surviving the Dark Emu fallout

Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood have built houses,battled bushfires,weathered a media storm,separated from each other and – finally – reunited.

  • byLenny Ann Low
‘I’m so glad he ignored me’:Alan Kohler on the advice son Chris didn’t take
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‘I’m so glad he ignored me’:Alan Kohler on the advice son Chris didn’t take

Despite working for rival TV networks as finance editors,there’s no competition between this father and son.

  • byMelissa Fyfe
For a long time,Alli didn’t ‘understand’ her mum. Now they’re running a bar together
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For a long time,Alli didn’t ‘understand’ her mum. Now they’re running a bar together

At Catherine’s and Alli’s bar in Sydney’s inner west,family dynamics can be as challenging as new cocktail recipes.

  • byDani Valent
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‘I’m in awe’:Megan and Murray were both widowed with two kids – now they’re a family
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‘I’m in awe’:Megan and Murray were both widowed with two kids – now they’re a family

Their partners died young. She had two little girls,he had two little boys.

  • byNicole Abadee
Only our sister has ‘a real job’:Pollies Cameron and Milton Dick on family life
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Only our sister has ‘a real job’:Pollies Cameron and Milton Dick on family life

Queensland Deputy Premier Cameron Dick and brother Milton,Speaker of the House of Representatives,on their early years – and their dad’s take on their work.

  • byJane Cadzow
‘Unpatriotic’:Kate Holden’s cheeky claim about husband Tim Flannery’s saucy tastes

‘Unpatriotic’:Kate Holden’s cheeky claim about husband Tim Flannery’s saucy tastes

The writers met at a book awards night in 2006. Years later,she realised he fitted her “list”.

  • byTim Elliott
‘It was weird’:These days,Jade’s less sceptical about wife Jess’s psychic work

‘It was weird’:These days,Jade’s less sceptical about wife Jess’s psychic work

They got together as teenagers,and in the decades since,psychic medium Jess Lynne and orthodontic dental technician Jade Vigilante have shared many milestones - and odd pet names.

  • byAmanda Hooton
George Gittoes and Hellen Rose on making art and love in war zones
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George Gittoes and Hellen Rose on making art and love in war zones

It’s in the world’s danger zones that the artist and filmmaker,74,and his wife,a performance artist and singer,60,feel most connected and in love.

  • byNicole Abadee