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By Alec Smart Magpie swooping - Photo by David Jenkins (BirdsAsPoetry) Spring has sprung, trees and flowers Photo: Alec Smart Avoiding injury  Magpies typically strike from behind, often soundlessly – so it’s

By Alec Smart Read more on Parramatta In Dharug, the native language of the Aboriginal clans of the

By Alec Smart More on Newtown Danny Lim is an 81-year-old Chinese-Australian who has gained notoriety Photo: Alec Smart Danny is (in)famous for displaying messages with double entendres. Photo: Alec Smart Popular culture  Since his signboard stunts began attracting national attention, Danny Photo: Alec Smart Signboard notoriety In August 2015, in the first of his two signboard-related arrests Photo: Alec Smart The C-word The word ‘cunt’ is Germanic in origin, probably from Old Norse ‘kunta’ (

By Alec Smart On Sunday 18 January 2026, a 12-year-old boy sustained fatal injuries after he was horrifically Photo: Alec Smart The numerous coves around the Middle Head peninsula, from Mosman to Balmoral, and inland Photo: Alec Smart Tagging According  to SharkSmart, the NSW Government shark awareness website overseen Photo: Alec Smart Safety Tips for Swimmers • Avoid murky or turbid water, as it provides camouflage for Photo: Alec Smart ======================================

More on Balmain By Alec Smart    Historic postcard of Mort's Dock, Balmain, 1900. Photo: Alec Smart Sydney's two other dockyards There were also two other major shipyards in colonial-era Photo: Alec Smart =============================

Photo: Alec Smart According to his LinkedIn profile, he has been “recording oral history research for Photo: Alec Smart   So, what does ‘bushfire planning’ entail? Photo: Alec Smart   He continued, “There are three fire-prone sides of Ku-Ring-Gai: Lane Cove in the Photo: Alec Smart   “When you've lost that ability in a wind-driven fire, they're big problems - particularly Photo: Alec Smart   By Alec Smart

More on Marrickville By Alec Smart  Amyl & The Sniffers at the Factory Theatre, Marrickville.

More on Cronulla By ALEC SMART Interface between Woronora and Georges Rivers, Sutherland. Photo: Alec Smart The eastern course, from the station down to Scylla Bay and north to Como Pleasure Photo: Alec Smart The trail is, for the most part, well-signposted with yellow markers. Photo: Alec Smart Some points of interest: Como Hotel, the Pleasure Grounds, and the Old Rail Bridge. Photo: Alec Smart =================================================

The Aroma of Fine Dining More on Newtown By Alec Smart The Stinking Bishops is an unusually-named diner

By ALEC SMART More on Crows Nest Flat Rock Gully is a forested region on Sydney’s Lower North Shore that Photo: Alec Smart Encompassing the interface between four suburbs – Cammeray, Northbridge, Naremburn Photo: Alec Smart Soon, you’ll pass beneath the magnificent Long Gully Bridge, also known as Northbridge Photo: Alec Smart Hereafter, the path transitions from gravel to dirt track and the creek widens at a Photo: Alec Smart Nearby is also a mural painted by Indigenous artist Shane Haurama in 2007.

BY ALEC SMART More on Surry Hills The Hopetoun Hotel, the legendary, State Heritage-listed pub on the Photo: Alec Smart The Hopetoun Hotel Origins Initially, it was known as The Cockatoo, and occupied a By the start of the 20th century, the venue had seen four name changes: The Sportsman’s Arms, Kilkenny Photo: Alec Smart Music at the Hopetoun Hotel - Rock ‘n Roll Revelry From the 1950s, when six o’clock Photo: Alec Smart

By Alec Smart Read more on Newtown In a corner of Camperdown Cemetery  in Newtown, enclosed within a Photo: Alec Smart   After these two horrific shipwrecks occurred in close proximity and two months apart Photo: Alec Smart It is not known what caused Captain James Green  to steer the 1,321 ton (1,198 metric Photo: Alec Smart   The topmasts broke, the mizzen (rear) and main mast snapped, and they collapsed in Photo: Alec Smart   Nine weeks after the Dunbar  disaster, around midnight on 24 October 1857, the steamer