Category: Lifestyle
Parents book trips overseas to spy on ‘schoolies’
BALI and Fiji are becoming the destinations of choice for Australian “schoolies” – but the thousands taking their party offshore face potentially more serious hazards than the traditional Gold Coast or Byron Bay bashes. Schoolies celebrations are expanding so rapidly outside Australia that worried parents are booking their own holidays to spy on their children, [...]
Trainer gains 30kgs ‘for overweight people’
A personal trainer from Utah who purposely stacked on more than 30kg by pigging out on junk food for five months says he did it to help overweight people. Drew Manning, a self-described fitness fanatic, has completed his five-month binge and now plans to get back into shape to show how it can be done [...]
90-year-old NSW woman caught drink-driving
A 90-YEAR-OLD woman from the NSW south coast has been charged with high-range drink driving. The elderly woman was stopped by police conducting roadside breath-testing along the Princes Highway at Bateman’s Bay at 10.15pm (AEST) last night. She returned a positive reading of 0.230 and was arrested at the scene. The woman has been charged [...]
Going overseas? Obey the local laws
IF you are thinking of travelling overseas you need to be aware that each country you visit is likely to have at least some laws which are different from those in Australia. It is necessary that you familiarise yourself with the local laws and obey them. As a starting point, you need to ensure that [...]
Parents need new skills to maintain discipline
PARENTS who smack their children could be depriving them of the skills they need to cope with school – and even with adulthood. Children exposed to physical punishment have far less self-control than those spared punitive discipline, a study of children aged 3-6 has found. They also fall short when it comes to verbal communication, [...]
Say goodbye to winter as Sydney warms up
TEMPERATURES in Sydney are set to warm up with the mercury to reach 22°C tomorrow, leaving behind the cold weather from June and July. Tom Saunders, Senior Meteorologist for the Weather Channel, said the state’s alpine areas are likely to face an early end to the season. “A cold-front will drop temperatures a few degrees [...]
Teenagers too tired to learn at schools
EXCLUSIVE: SCHOOLS are planning a radical shake-up of timetables to cope with tired students. Later starts and delaying key academic lessons until after 11am are being considered as concerns grow about teens staying up late on social networking sites such as Facebook. Secondary colleges are also phasing out 45-minute lessons, moving instead to 75 and [...]
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