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Dog-friendly hikes on the Gold Coast

Adventures are better with friends by your side – especially of the four-legged variety. Luckily, there’s no shortage of dog-friendly hikes on the Gold Coast. From lush rainforests to coastal walks, there’s a hike for every pup’s taste (and every...

The books we’re reading this spring

The weather is warming, which means one thing – and one thing only. We’re loading up our beach bags, finding a spot on the sand and ploughing through our TBR (‘to be read’) list. These are the books we’re reading...

Would you have dinner with strangers?

Last week was national Loneliness Awareness Week (August 5 to 11), an initiative aimed at understanding why – in our hyperconnected world – so many of us feel lonely. It’s an issue Maxime Barbier and Adrien De Oliveira understood all...

Is the mullet here to stay? We asked a barber

Boy Barbershop started with a simple idea: to progress the industry by offering a more modern take on the old school barber. Four years later, it seems their hunch was right – their clientele spans ‘lads and dads to the...

Busting common winter skincare myths

There are a lot of misconceptions around skincare – especially during winter. We asked The Beauty Garden’s Danielle to bust some of the most common winter skincare myths. Here’s what she had to say… Myth: “Sunscreen is only for summer.”...