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As you head into China’s heartland, the terrain becomes rugged and beyond Qinling Mountain are the towering Min Shan peaks, concealing what is known to the Chinese as the Fairyland Paradise – the amazing Jiuzhaigou Valley.Yuan Li travelled there with friend Simon …

I’ve never been much of a technophile but there I am standing outside the café, smartphone in hand, waiting to meet a friend for a breakfast arranged by text in response to an email that was confirmed by way of a Facebook …

It takes a lot of sass to strip on stage – and a whole lot more to make it look classy. Miss Burlesque Australia 2012 Briana Bluebell takes us beyond the sequins and suspenders to what lies beneath: a girl who never …

Good wine, good food and good company is what it’s all about for the Vasarelli family, writes Erin Holohan. For Vicky Vasarelli, matriarch of the Vasarelli winery and restaurant in Adelaide’s world-renowned McLaren Vale, the trick to surviving in the wine industry …

To fly across the country in pursuit of a second-hand car is not generally considered a sane idea. Most people, when told of my adventure, will frown in confusion. “You flew to Perth?” they say. “From Sydney? For a car?” Then again, …

Jinja Safari’s music is a joyous kind of woodland pop, with sweet lyrics, an irresistible drum beat and plenty of heart. But it’s their live shows where the magic truly comes to life. Performing before a packed-out crowd at The Metro on …

It’s a brave move to adapt an Ingmar Bergman film to the stage, notwithstanding the fact that Bergman, known best for his films, produced twice as many theatre productions. There’s a lot to deal with, not least a dozen or so set …

The Eifman Ballet staged its first production in Australia with the opening of Anna Karenina at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre last week. Audiences were treated to an emotionally powerful and visually beautiful ballet. Boris Eifman likes to tell a story and Anna Karenina …

When Ken Henry’s Asian Century White Paper appears, it can be expected to urge more ‘Asia-literacy’ for Australians, more people-to-people exchanges with Asian countries, less impediments to trade and investment, more collaborative research and development, more transparency in government, and less tape …

A forty minute drive to work to the city tires most of us; imagine if you had to drive for twelve hours every day in Sydney traffic writes Perin Sairs. In these hours of driving I assure you that you would be …