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Rain maker: When 'cloud seeding' was cool

This photo of a cloud-seeding aeroplane flying high above the Victorian Alps was taken to illus ...  
Floating with "the Whalers", Huckleberry-Finn style

In the late 1980s, I photographed "the Whalers", a family who lived on a houseboat and spent the ...  
Reclaiming intentionality in a world of constant visual noise

Intentionality offers a way to engage with the world without being defined by it.  
Getting to know the King

In the 70s, Alice Springs was a tiny town that hosted many famous visitors, including the future ...  
Anzac Day: Remembrance writ large in communities big and small

They came from communities big and small, they fought and died, remembered now by inscriptions ...  
BOOK REVIEW: 'Domination – The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity'

'Domination' is a highly erudite history of the Rise of Christianity.  
Behind Angus Taylor’s immigration plan is a Trump‑like economic agenda

Angus Taylor's immigration plan is inextricably linked to a Trumpian economic agenda.  
Winter is on its way, but autumn isn't 'leaving' just yet

Dropping temperatures tell of winter on its way, but autumn is still having its say.  
A phoenix from the ashes: Caveat crucifix denies bushfire

The January 2026 bushfires gutted Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Caveat, Victoria... almost.  
Diesel too dear? Give the vintage tractor a run

Tractors at ten paces: given the current price of diesel, this petrol-powered Cub could give ...  
Colour me stoked: Torquay's 'chairman of the board'

All shapes and sizes — a surfboard fanatic from Torquay proudly displays his lifetime collect ...  
Bushranger Ned Kelly's boyhood home

The "Kelly House", childhood home of infamous bushranger Ned Kelly, still stands.  
Legend, John Landy: The athlete who 'went the extra mile'

The late John Landy, agricultural scientist and Governor of Victoria, was also considered to have ...  
How Australians are turning their homes into spaces for celebration and recovery

There's a quiet shift happening across Australia. More people are choosing to create meaningful ...  
The quiet revolution: Why more Australians are choosing slow living

After years of relentless productivity culture, Australians are increasingly choosing to slow ...  
Freedom: Off the lead in St Kilda

A dog, lost in the joy of the moment, races across Melbourne's St Kilda Beach at sunset.  
By jingo, it's a dingo!

Australian wild dog breeder, the late Bruce Jacobs, with one of his newly born Dingo pups and ...  
Transform your shed into the ultimate match day escape

Turn your steel shed into the ultimate match-day escape with pro-level insulation, sound, lighting ...  
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