Written by Lizzie Macaulay Looking at me, you wouldn’t think I’d make much of a martial artist. And you’d be right. But this month, I think my fortunes might be changing in that regard thanks to this incredible column that keeps pushing me to try new things even when they’re incredibly intimidating. Arriving at Integrated…
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Written by Lizzie Macaulay As a resident of the Fraser Coast for nine years (and counting), there are few times of year more special than whale season. There is a special buzz in the region as visitors and residents alike hope for a sighting of our annual migratory pals. Will we see them? What will…
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Written by Lizzie Macaulay Palavas Les Flots. A once-sleepy fishing village in the south of France that has experienced rapid growth and development as tourists and residents became drawn to coastal life… Hmmm… this sounds awfully like somewhere else I know. Hervey Bay a once-sleepy fishing village in the north of Australia that has experienced…
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Written by Lizzie Macaulay My job never stops being excellent. To learn this month that I was going to be learning how to make beautiful balloon arrangements, I couldn’t help but marvel at the incredible variety I experience for this column. (Just don’t ask me to skydive or play with spiders!) I’ve been aware of…
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Written Lizzie Macaulay I’m afraid of heights. Irrationally so. I don’t even like to stand on chairs. I don’t know exactly what I think is going to go wrong, but my brain inevitably tells me something is going to happen. (It hasn’t so far, in 36 trips around the sun, for those keeping score) So…
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Written by Lizzie Macaulay When I was 14, I couldn’t wait to get a job. I was eager, but I didn’t exactly have a lot of skills beyond that. How completely refreshing it was to watch local 14 year old, Erin Watson, spring into action as she stepped into the shoes of entrepreneur in the…
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Written by Lizzie Macaulay Full disclosure. I’ve known my latest Lizzie Learns ‘victim’ for a little while now. I’ve written about her. Talked with her at length about her business and her vision for its future. But stepping behind the curtain for a first-hand experience of what she does each day was something completely different.…
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Written by Lizzie Macaulay Oh, dear reader, how jealous you are going to be of me by the time I’m done telling you about my adventures this month… There are so many experiences for this column that I’ve been looking forward to in the lead-up, but this one may just take the cake. Enter: the…
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Written by Lizzie Macaulay It was a dark and stormy morning… No, this isn’t the start of a primary school child’s writing assignment, but literally how the day was unfolding as I was preparing for this month’s adventure. Lightning was cracking overhead; rain was bucketing down and the wind was utterly howling. With good reason,…
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