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Letter From The Ed
Do you have a joker in your family? Someone who can whip out a pun for any occasion? Or is there a ‘dad joke’ you’ve heard over and over again? I can never remember a joke – it leaves my head as soon as I’ve laughed. But my dad Andy’s go-to when we w
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It’s Your Life!
WE PAY FOR EACH PHOTO USED I was delighted to win this wonderful prize. Thanks that’s life! I’ve been entering your comps for many years and also always enjoy reading all the interesting articles. Rhonda Hodgson, Noosaville, Qld WINNERS ARE GRINN
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We Quit Our Jobs To Op Shop!
Jasmin Searle, 32, Surrey Downs, SA Peering into our spare room, I clambered over boxes and moved a stack of junk to reach the linen cupboard. ‘Your video games and consoles are piled high,’ I grumbled to my fiancé Brad, then 26. It was early 2017,
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Who Killed Mum?
Shannon Hall, 36 Grabbing the piece of cardboard, I placed it on top of the grassy hill. Sitting on it like a sled in front of my mum, Toni, I held on tight as we hurtled down the slope in pouring rain. We collapsed in a laughing heap at the bottom.
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The Buzz
Meet the world’s oldest known wombat, Wain. While the average age of a wild wombat is estimated at 15 years, this marsupial is celebrating reaching 35. Wain, also known as Mr Wine, was found as an orphan at Cradle Mountain, Tas, in November 1989, at
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My Girl Fought To Survive
Sarah Zofkie, 46 As my daughter rummaged around her bedroom packing her bag, I grabbed my keys. ‘Let’s go!’ I called out. ‘Coming,’ Natalie, then 11, shouted. It was October 2020 and I was dropping Natalie off for a sleepover. Kristi and her husband
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Ready, set, Sip!
David Clarkson, 69, Cremorne, NSW The BEST AUSSIE real-life Sipping on a schooner of ale, I smiled smugly. ‘What are you up to?’ mates quizzed, as we shared a few bevvies at the pub. ‘I’m going to do a pub crawl that’ll go down in history,’ I said.
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I Fell In Love With My Sperm Donor
Jessica Share, 48 Desperate to be mums, my wife and I were searching on an online database for a sperm donor. It was 2004, and we’d decided I’d carry our bub. We scrolled for what felt like hours before settling on a young man with wavy brown hair a
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Favourite Hearty Mains
SERVES 6 PREP & COOK: 40 MINS 1 small onion, finely diced 2 tblsps Thai green curry paste 500g sweet potato, cut into 2cm pieces 400ml can coconut milk 2 tsps fish sauce 2 tsps brown sugar 500g skinless, boneless, white fish fillets, cut into
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Packet Cake Mixes
SERVES 8-10 PREP & COOK: 1 HOUR 25 MINS 470g packet smooth lemon cake mix 420g tub lemon curd 4 egg whites, at room temperature 1 cup caster sugar 1 Invert the base of a 21cm springform pan (base measures 20cm). Grease and line base and side wi
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Finger lickin’ Wings
SERVES 4 PREP & COOK: 55 MINS 8 chicken wings (1.2kg) 1 cup buttermilk ¾ cup plain flour 3 tsps garlic powder 2 tsps sea salt flakes Vegetable oil, for shallow frying Mixed salad leaves, to serve ½ cup mayonnaise 2 tblsps lemon juice 1 tbls
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Pick Of The Week
SERVES 8 PREP & COOK: 45 MINS 175g unsalted butter, softened ⅓ cup caster sugar ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 egg 1 cup plain flour ¾ cup self-raising flour ¾ cup Caramilk Baking Chips Whipped cream, fresh raspberri
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Brain Waves
After washing bed sheets, while they’re still wet, I fold them in half, then half again. It makes it easier to peg them on the line, then take off and fold away. Cheryl McDonnell, Ellsmere, Qld Plant lavender near your barbecue area to help keep th
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Cake And Eat It Too
This is two grown adults trying to start a relationship in the worst way. I have no sympathy for either of them. Both are in the wrong. She’s set herself up for hurt, and I’d be staying right out of it. Jess Reid You never leave someone for someone
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Volunteer Of The Week
Kerry, 81, makes sure the elderly in his community get where they need to go safely Welcome aboard!’ I smiled, offering one of our regular passengers my arm to help her onto the bus. ‘You’re such a gentleman!’ she beamed. After ensuring she was safel
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I Looked Evil In The Eye
Karen Conti, 62 I want to look evil in the eye, I thought, walking into a room full of murderers with my partner, and colleague, Greg. In Menard Correctional Centre, Illinois, US, we were meeting one of the world’s most prolific serial killers – Joh
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Whoops!
After running out of hairspray, Tessica Brown, 43, reached for what she thought was the next best thing, a can of a spray adhesive called Gorilla Glue. ‘Bad, bad, bad idea!’ Tessica said in a video posted to TikTok a month later, explaining that she
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Saved By Big Aussie hearts
Glancing in the car’s rearview mirror, I smiled at my beautiful blue heeler Clancy, then two, sitting in the back seat. ‘Good boy,’ I beamed. It was July 2023, and we’d just spent a few days with some mates in remote Coral Bay, WA. My boy and I were
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How To Make Soup Healthy
Two in five of us still aren’t getting the recommended five serves of veg that we should be eating each day. Thankfully, winter is the perfect time to boost your plant intake and the easiest way is with a warming soup! Not all soups are created equ
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Masthead
EDITORIAL Editorial Director Kate Kirsten, Editor Sarah Firth, Deputy Editor Beth Young, Art Director Darren Monaghan, Picture Editor Holly Campbell, Lifestyle Director Claire Isaac ARE MEDIA Chief Executive Officer Jane Huxley, Director of Sales And
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MORE THAN The Blues
Nicole Cousens, 34, Helena Valley, WA I wiped away tears as I looked down at my newborn. Ellie was finally here. Born via C-section in November 2019, she gazed up at me with her big blue eyes. But instead of a rush of love, I felt numb. What the hel
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Cosy & Comfortable
HELEN MIRREN Swap a long cardigan for something a little shorter and match it with relaxed trousers, jeans or long skirts. A lightweight cardigan can be a great layering piece too – tuck it in slightly, like you would a sweater, and layer a jacket o
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Quit To Save Cash
Ms.MONEY$AVER with Samantha Ireland My husband Shannon, 48, took up smoking when he was just a teenager. Over the years he’s tried to quit using gum, patches, and going cold turkey, all with varying degrees of short-term success. The pack-a-day habi
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Ghost Island
Julie Cavanagh, 59, Auchenflower, Qld In my 20s I was working as a cleaner on the Isle of Wight, UK, in a summer holiday camp near Ryde. My boyfriend Dave and I had been backpacking though Europe and, almost out of money, took the jobs while we deci
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Feather Magic
Michelle De Angelis Feathers have long been valued as a powerful spiritual sign. Because they are associated with flight and flying, they represent the ability to rise above our circumstances, to connect with spirits and to see things from a differen
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Your Stars
It’s second nature to you. Skirting around boring tasks while ramming into risky business is so your style, Aries, particularly on Friday when a challenge trumps a commitment. You’re off to a great start with a residential goal. LUCKY NUMBERS 17, 26,

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