In my early twenties, I took a job as a cook for a coach operator touring around Australia. Most of the time it was great work: most of my hours were spent downing beers by a camp-fire with the friendly tourists who came on board my bus tour. I was a good cook, with a […]

Words and pictures: Snapper Media. When Anabel gave birth to her daughter Esme, proud grandad Peter was forever snapping away with his camera … but some of his photos revealed signs of a sinister, hidden health problem. It was just after New Year 2007 when Anabel Eagle got a call from her dad Peter that […]

Mystery surrounds why Casey Anthony did not report that her three-year-old daughter was missing for 31 days. The living nightmare of a missing child has again hit international headlines. A young mother is now the prime suspect in the bizarre disappearance of her three-year-old daughter after it was revealed it was almost a month before […]

In my spare time, I used to do a lot of amateur theatre with my boyfriend, Andrew. Andrew was every girl’s dream. Not just attractive, and funny, and all the regular things a girl looks for in a man, he also had a voice that made me melt. Whenever he sang up there on the […]

Although I am five years older, my sister Ellen and I have always been close. After I gave birth to my first child Oscar, I still loved getting dressed up with Ellen and heading out for a girls’ night on the town. But soon, with taking care of Oscar and money being very tight, our […]

Words: Alex Gore/Barcroft Pacific Pictures: Paul Lovelace Brave Aussie Noah Southall’s fight to overcome Proteus syndrome has given hope to others thanks to a world-first medical treatment. With tumours growing out of control inside his body, Noah Southall was nicknamed the “Elephant Boy” as an infant and wasn’t expected to live much beyond his second […]

When I first left high school I worked as a supermarket shelf-stacker at my local independent grocer. It was my job to do inventory, re-stock shelves and move shelves around in order to market products in the most efficient way. I can’t say I loved my job — as a teenager I had never dreamt […]

By Julie Hayne Pictures: Paul Broben and Ben Rothstein. He lost his legs in the Bali bombings, but Ben Tullipan was determined to dance with his new bride — with a little help from a famous friend. Ben Tullipan could be excused for not feeling he has much to celebrate. As our worst-injured survivor of […]

During the summer of 2006, my older sister Eleanor had finally finished school and had just about finished applying for her entries into her tertiary choices at university. My parents were moderately financially secure but the one university that Eleanor really wanted to attend was private and very expensive. As hard as my parents worked, […]

**By Jackie Brygel Mum and Dad’s pain as Connor and Jared become only the second set of twins in the world to fight rare cancer…** With their huge blue eyes and angelic faces, identical twins Connor and Jared McCartin are undeniably gorgeous. They light up a room as they play, and never stray far from […]