A green lawn is much more than a vanity project. Sure, it looks beautiful, but it’s legitimately beneficial for your household. The resale price of your house is going to be higher when you present it with a lush green lawn. It’s a lot safer for your kids to play in the garden when the grass is green because it’s thick and healthy – as opposed to an unhealthy lawn, which is usually brown and hard. All property owners should think about maintaining a green lawn; to be honest, it’s arguably better than a lot of exterior remodelling ideas. Refresh your…
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Join Slingsby’s journey creating The Giant’s Garden and follow their path to making their most ambitious project. Over a span of three years, Slingsby is creating a new flat-pack theatre to travel the world sustainably with a triptych of plays under the banner A Concise Compendium of Wonder. Adelaide Festival audiences are invited to experience their second work-in-progress with a development performance of The Giant’s Garden (following The Tree of Light in 2024). Ursula Dubosarsky’s reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant is set in the mid-1700s. Perpetual winter descends upon a giant’s garden after playful children are shut out…
Do You Still Love Them?The most obvious question to ask is do you still love them? Now bear with us here because this is not the be all and end all of your decision and your contemplation. But, it’s an important place to start because it sets the foundation for the rest. The thing about love is that it can blind you sometimes to what is actually going on in front of you. We don’t necessarily mean that things are bad necessarily, but maybe they aren’t what you think they are. A lot of the time things change without us even…
Adelaide Festival’s opening weekend sees a one-moment-in-time dusk ‘happening’, as a mass of 1,000 dancers converge onto the natural amphitheatre of Elder Park for MASS MOVEMENT. This thrillingly conceived work from one of Australia’s foremost choreographers, Stephanie Lake, is on a scale never before seen at Adelaide Festival, with dancers from every age group and genre coming together in a celebration of synchronised mass-movement. Stephanie Lake has a track record of creating large-scale contemporary dance works including Circle Electric (2024) and Colossus (2018) both for 50 dancers and 2020’s Multiply for 400 participants. MASS MOVEMENT ratchets up the ante to…
Nancy Stewart sponsored the book giveaway of Me and the Missouri Moon in partnership with The Children’s Book Review. Win a Signed Copy of Me and the Missouri Moon by Nancy Stewart! Enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of this powerful middle-grade novel, where ten-year-old Scarlet faces an impossible choice between protecting a cherished friendship and standing up for the truth. Inspired by Maya Angelou’s legacy, this story explores how courage and honesty can transform lives. Me and the Missouri Moon is a poignant, moving, and deeply captivating—a book readers won’t want to put down until the…
The much-loved Prospect Twilight Sessions are back every Friday in February and will celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2025. Catch up with family and friends, grab a picnic rug and camping chairs and meet up for a relaxing evening out with the whole family (including four-legged family members!). From 6pm – 9:30pm each Friday in February there will be an exciting line up of live music, delicious food vendors and kids activities. Each week, there’ll be a fresh new live band, rotating list of food vendors and free kids activities including facepainting, giant games and arts and crafts. East Waste…
Ready Steady Go Kids is back for 2025! Australia’s largest multisport program for preschoolers (1.5-6yo) is back for a new term to “kick” off the new year. The Ready Steady Go Kids program is a physio-designed program and teaches the fundamentals of 10 different sports and develops essential motor skills in a fun, non-competitive environment. Ready Steady Go Kids offers: 10 different sports 14 locations around Adelaide Max 1:8 coach: student ratio Quality INDOOR locations Physio-designed program And many more reasons why Ready Steady Go Kids is the best way to ignite your child’s passion for sport! FREE trial available…
1. Be as organised as you possibly can. The first and probably most important tip that you can have as a parent travelling with children is to get your organizational hat on. You need to make sure that you’ve researched everything from flight costs and accommodation options to Airport Car Parks pricing and length of time. You want to be able to rock up at the airport with your whole family, excitedly get on a plane and have everybody calm and happy the entire journey. For that to happen you need to know that everything has been pre booked, prepaid…
Discover the rich history of Adelaide Gaol, at your own pace, anytime between 10am and 4pm daily. Plus, check out its brand new Mugshot Canteen. Review by Carla Caruso The Adelaide Gaol is a hidden gem – and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 184 years! Did you know that you can book a self-guided tour there, between 10am and 4pm daily (excluding Christmas Day)? The gaol is one of the oldest remaining colonial public buildings in Adelaide and is the site of some of the state’s most grisly history. If you’d prefer to wander the site with a guide,…
Maui is perhaps one of the most inviting vacation locations for first-time and advanced surfers. This is because of the calm waters and wonderful shorelines. Taking surf lessons in Maui, Hawaii, is a delightful way to introduce oneself to the sport and make new acquaintances. Group lessons make learning easier while mixing professional help with a fun, shared activity. Check out why taking surf classes with a group is a great way to learn and enjoy the sport in the following article.Learn in a Supportive EnvironmentIt can be scary to learn how to surf, but group lessons make it easy…