From Peter to “Kuruvita”
After two years at a restaurant called Crab Apple in suburban Sydney, cutting his teeth alongside a chef named Scott, who smoked while he...
Peter and the black kitchen
Peter Kuruvita’s CV reads like a who’s who of the great and the good of the kitchen across several continents.
The names of the...
Not just any small town
In the world of books, self-publishing can be a thankless task, in which the list of jobs you need to complete to get your...
Tony Wellington freaks out
Picture, if you will, a high school assembly area somewhere in an Australian city way back in the halcyon days of the 1960s.
It...
Those marvellous Monks
When you write a history of the relatively small town you live in, as I have just done, it is inevitable, no matter how...
Charging ahead on batteries
The ZEN team interviews Thorsten Kels, Cooroibah local and solar/battery owner.
What made you decide to get batteries for your solar system?
Over the years we...
Eagle Rock hits the top
Can it really be half a century since Daddy Cool topped the charts around the country with 'Eagle Rock'?
Evergreen Noosa musician Chris Löfvén, chiefly...
The Great Donovan
PHIL JARRATT ENJOYS A COFFEE WITH THE MAN WHO WENT FROM HYPNOTIST’S ASSISTANT TO PLAYING LEADING ROLES IN ARTS AND TOURISM
In October 1967, a...
The art of being Frank
Frank Wilkie, deputy mayor of Noosa and a man who wears many hats, is sitting in the front row of his happy place, the...
The quest for identity
Last week’s Noosa Festival of Surfing saw some inspired performances from many local surfers, but few could match the amazing Smales brothers, 14-year-old Landen...
Duke’s boots, Tom’s book
Sitting in a bar across the street from his surf shop, Hastings Street businessman Michael Holmes can barely contain his excitement as he carefully...
The Anzac spirit at home
Although the very first commemoration of Anzac Day was held on the first anniversary of Gallipoli in 1916, this Anzac Day marks the centenary...
Full moon bonanza
A great week of fishing has been had, the small seas and light breezes combined with the lead up to the full moon definitely...
