WHEN SCIENCE GOES FULL CHIMERA

WHEN SCIENCE GOES FULL CHIMERA

MAD SCIENCE Science used to be… respectful—a careful search for truth, a slow uncovering of nature’s secrets. Now it’s morphed into a reckless carnival of glowing cats, pig-me people, Benjamin Button rodents, and DNA splicing across species because, well… who says...
COUPLA DAYS FRESH

COUPLA DAYS FRESH

Con The Fruiterer Wouldn’t Let You Walk Past These Lychee’s There was a golden moment in the 1980s when Australian comedy lived on free-to-air television and characters like Con The Fruiterer with phrases like “coupla days,” “bewdiful,” and “doesn’t madda”...
INDIANA JONES AND THE OP SHOP CRUSADE

INDIANA JONES AND THE OP SHOP CRUSADE

Hunting Treasure In Bundaberg’s Racks Op shops have always been a bit magical. Like being transported to a Middle Eastern bazaar or a Las Vegas pawn shop. Push open the door, catch the familiar mix of old books and bric-a-brac, clothes racks and fabric softener...
A HEARTFELT THANKS FROM THE CHITCHAT

A HEARTFELT THANKS FROM THE CHITCHAT

2025 In Review When we first arrived in the region, we were astonished to see a humble little paper still chugging along, supported so wholeheartedly by the local readership and business community. I had always assumed newspapers were heading the way of the dodo, so...