Animals informing human medicine
Could a kiss from a frog save your life? According to Dr Matt Morgan in his latest book, One Medicine, there’s so much more to learn from animals and how they live. Read More...
Lifestyle
Perth nurse honoured
A nurse who died in the 1942 Bangka Island Massacre on Radji Beach during World War II has inspired a novel and had a Perth park named in her honour. Read More...
Nikola Estate – new from old
It is again a pleasure to review the wines of this high quality, small-volume Margaret River producer, Cape Grace. Read More...
It’s just a jump to the left…
The Rocky Horror Show comes to Perth in August and celebrates 50 years of madness taking its toll. Read More...
For the love of Dave
Dave Fishwick started a bank to help his community and big banking fought him all the way. Now his story is told in a feel-good movie Bank of Dave, in cinemas this month. Read More...
Wines of grace and finesse
It is again a pleasure to review the wines of this high quality, small-volume Margaret River producer, Cape Grace. Read More...
Deep sea discoveries
It’s hard to comprehend just how big marine reptiles were before we humans arrived. In the latest Maritime Museum exhibition, you’ll gain a great size perspective – and learn about what used to live in our waters. Read More...
Singlefile – excellence in the Great Southern
n 1840 John Septimus Roe, Western Australia’s first Surveyor General was granted by Queen Victoria 4,000 acres of riverbank land at West Swan. He named it Sandalford after a priory in his English home at Berkshire. The property was well managed and became prosperous as an agrarian estate supporting crops, cattle, fruit and vegetables and vines for table grapes, sultanas, raisins, currants and wine grapes. Early varieties planted were Shiraz, Verdelho, Cabernet Sauvignon and Frontignac. Read More...