What would you do with $1,500? Spend it on a long weekend away, pay down your credit card debt or squirrel it away for a rainy day? New Galaxy research from hipages has revealed that Aussies are spending an average of $1,500 fixing damage caused when a ‘do-it-yourself’ repair, maintenance or renovation job goes awry…
WHAT’S ON AT WATSONS BAY THIS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Autumn School Holidays are around the corner and there is a full schedule of interactive and educational events at Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel A minions party, Flower Crown Making, Magic shows and even Taronga Zoo will be coming along. Think your little one is an aspiring chef? WBBH will have two mini chefs cooking classes, and…
OUR LATEST LEARNINGS WITH WILD WEST SMOKERS
We’re loving our Billy the Kid Smoker from Wild West Smokers, the good folk there know what they are doing when it comes to building these bad boys and they are great fun to cook up some real feasts. However there are a few things to take note of which we’ve learnt on our journey…
STRONG BY ZUMBA – A WORKOUT FOR MEN AND WOMEN
You’ve probably heard of Zumba (no, not the bloke who makes those amazing cakes), the fitness regime that lots of ladies in active wear do. Well, you would be forgiven if you haven’t heard of STRONG by Zumba, which is proving a successful way of keeping fit and shedding some kgs for both men and…
200,000 AUSTRALIAN TECH SUPERHEROES BY 2020!
Code Camp is one of Australia’s fastest growing social impact businesses, inspiring and empowering tens of thousands of Australian school students with the skills of tomorrow. Code Camp began in 2014 when tech entrepreneurs Benjamin Levi and Pete Neill met and began a passion project sharing the secrets they’d learned in the startup industry with kids in their…
MAKING YOUR OWN BEER – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Beer… it’s great isn’t it? There’s so much on offer these days too with local breweries popping up left, right and centre. We’re taking an interest in home brew too, as a great hobby with an even better end result (fingers crossed). So we’ve asked the guys at Country Brewer in Petersham to help us…
PLANNING A WINTER ESCAPE? LET US HELP
In the word’s of Game of Thrones, winter is coming! In fact, it’s already here in Australia so it’s the perfect time to plan a getaway to warmer places. The easy option is of course to jump on a plane and hit up Fiji or Thailand. But there’s so many options here in Australia which…
INTERCONTINENTAL’S BUCKET LIST HOTELS
If you haven’t booked a Christmas holiday yet, fear not, we have some pretty luxurious suggestions for you! In celebration of InterContinental Hotel & Resorts 70th anniversary, InterContinental has compiled a list of seven of the best ‘once in a lifetime’ experiences on offer amongst its hotels across the world. The beauty of travel lies…
A WEEKEND ROAD TRIP TO DUBBO
There’s so many options for weekend road trips out of Sydney, most people head to the coast, north or south, and it’s quite understandable. The beaches are great, there’s so many of them, and the roads are (usually) pretty good. Heading west is usually restricted to the Blue Mountains, but once you cross them and…
GETTING OUT OF THE CITY – A WEEKEND STAYCATION
Sometimes you just need to escape the city, and go on a road trip. Pack up the car and head away for a staycation. It’s amazing what it can do to your mindset, it’s refreshing and a whole lot of fun. So that’s exactly what we did last weekend, heading north for a couple of…