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EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local woman has decided she’s sick to death of her friends finding ‘the one’, after being invited to her seventh wedding this year. Having reached that pivotal age where her friends were either getting married, becoming partying alcoholics, or in the rare case, both, Billie Rhoades, 29, is starting to wish more of her mates were hopeless in...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTA portly local man who gets his barber to trim his dense facial hair into a cropped beard has become the butt of many jokes this week. The fact that his mates are also tier-1 smart arses does not help things for 30-year-old Jacob Webcke, a Betoota-based office worker. As someone whose own razor sharp tongue has meant that he...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA bloke who’s just made the switch to working in public relations has found himself quickly learning a lot about women, including their penchant for drinking out of stupidly sized water bottles, it’s reported. Having worked mostly with blokes over his five year strong marketing career, Graham Stuart was surprised to discover the PR agency he applied to was...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTIn an act that could only be interpreted as an undercover flex to his povo mates that didn't get hooked up with a good job from a family friend, local high roller Matt Young (26) has flaunted his wealth by purchasing a bag of exorbitantly priced chips that could only sold at a bottle-o. The saga unfolded during a...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTA ticket from a harrowing 2023 JetStar flight to Melbourne has continued to haunt local man William Myruzynski (27), lurking ominously in the depths of his Apple Wallet.William, from Brisbane, claims that the virtual ticket has become an unwelcome reminder of his traumatic journey."I thought I could escape the horrors of that flight once we landed, but that...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTSelf-proclaimed "man of simplicity" Atticus Wilson (26) , continues to use his raggy bathroom towel as his go-to beach towel. This shocking discovery has reignited concerns that Atticus remains light-years away from being considered husband material by the fairer sex.The issue came to light when Atticus' friends noticed his blue beach towel had toothpaste stains on it."When I...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTLocal man Jesse Doyle (29) found himself in a moral conundrum of e last night. He was faced with the daunting decision of either succumbing to dehydration or braving the wrath of a notoriously passive-aggressive bartender to refill the free water jug. Jesse, who had made the bold choice of simply going to a pub sober, found himself in...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTA life long inner city resident that hasn't been to the bush since a high school excursion, Riley Oldham (30) has revealed he reckons he could do a way better job surviving the Alaskan wilderness than those professionals he watches on YouTube all the time. Riley, a city-dweller known for his impeccable taste in craft beer and his aversion...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTIn a heartwarming turn of events, a talkative West African Uber driver, Umaru Hasani (37), expressed astonishment at the unexpected bond he formed with a group of young passengers who were, in his own words, "In a very cheerful and positive mood". The young group, who were reportedly intoxicated and under the influence of MDMA, were making their way...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactStaring lovingly at the body imprint left on her memory foam mattress, Betoota Heights woman Charlise Keaton, 32, tries to hold back her tears. Had you told her a few months ago that she’d be getting triggered by her mattress, she would have laughed at you.  But there it was, the physical version of those horrendous Facebook memories that only...