Heatwave Hits Australia: Temperatures Soar Past 40C in Adelaide and Melbourne Summer has officially arrived in Australia, and it’s brought the heat with it! On Monday, temperatures across South Australia and Melbourne skyrocketed past 40C before 10 am, with some parts of New South Wales bracing for their hottest December day on record. Towns Reach Scorching Highs In Victoria’s northwest, the small town of Walpeup recorded a sizzling 47.1C at 2:25 pm, just shy of its hottest recorded temperature of 48.1C on February 7, 2009. But Walpeup wasn’t the only town feeling the heat. Birdsville in Queensland, Smithville in western…
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We’ve had two major signs in the past week that Australians are fed up with being divided by race. The first is the Melbourne Storm NRL club’s decision to drop its regular Welcome to Country ceremonies. The second is Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s bold stance against the idea of a three-flag nation. The Failure of Welcome to Country Ceremonies Let’s be real – treating non-Aboriginal Australians as strangers in their own country was always a recipe for disaster. These ceremonies were meant to be inclusive, but instead, they became a symbol of racial division. I attended a Telstra event last…
If you’re a burger lover in Penrith, you might want to grab a tissue and sit down for this one: Downtown Brooklyn, the iconic burger restaurant on High Street, is closing its doors for good. A Decade of Deliciousness Comes to an End Downtown Brooklyn, formerly known as Big Poppa’s Burger Bar, has been a staple on the Penrith food scene since 2016. Back then, the burger wars were in full swing, but Downtown Brooklyn emerged as one of the survivors, and eventually thrived. But after eight amazing years, the eatery will trade for the final time this Sunday, December…
If you thought being beautiful was all it’s cracked up to be, think again. Influencer Marina Smith is learning the hard way that being too attractive can be a major turn-off – at least when it comes to her friends. The Christmas Ban: A Story of “Pretty Privilege” The 34-year-old Brazilian beauty, who was once crowned Miss Bumbum, claims her friends have banned her from their annual Christmas dinner because they think she’s too hot. Yep, you read that right. Apparently, her stunning looks are just too distracting for their partners. “I’ve been banned from Christmas dinner because the women…
A Christmas to Remember, a Holiday to Forget Paxton Zocaro-Retamal, an 18-year-old from Brisbane, will spend Christmas in hospital, a far cry from the festive celebrations he had planned with his friends and family. The teenager’s life took a drastic turn in August when he was involved in a horrific car crash on Whitmore Crescent, Goodna, that left him fighting for his life. The Crash That Changed Everything Paxton was traveling in a Toyota LandCruiser with five other friends when it crashed into a paperbark tree on a median strip around 8:30 pm. The impact was so severe that Paxton…