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Recipes from the Andes give a culinary high

Seventeen and loving life - double lung transplant recipient, Coen Ashton, is venturing in to public speaking. Riverside Christian College students were the first school to hear Coen sharing his life experiences.Photo: Valerie Horton / Fraser Coast Chronicle

Lifestyle

UPDATE: Family says Coen 'never wasted a single day'

Total bummer ... Kimberley Williams discovered that her new Puma workout tights were completely see-through in certain light. Picture: Guzelian

Lifestyle

Unsuspecting woman bares all in ‘see-through’ leggings

'The O Project' by photographer Marcus Alberti captures women's expressions during an orgasm. Woman who is always on the brink of an orgasm

News

O Project: Photographer captures women’s orgasm face

LIVING WELL: Naturopath Peter Lewis with some organic produce.

Opinion

A healthy lifestyle trumps misguided supplement use

WEIGHT LOSS: Jaime O'Regan is proud to say she's lost 55kg and can finally play with her kids.

Lifestyle

Woman lost 56kg: 'Eating was my worst enemy'

PERSONALITY TYPE: A CSIRO study has found dieters fall into five key categories.

News

Why your diet is doomed to fail

Sharon now runs a successful detox clinic in Melbourne and has her own radio show.

News

Detox queen lost 20 kilos in 5 months

She has two boys and her sister has used both her children's names for her own kids

Lifestyle

Mum upset after sister steals both her baby names

Sarah has been in an induced coma since she gave birth on August 28. Source: Gofundme

Lifestyle

Mum doesn't know she has given birth

Lifestyle

'I regret sending my daughter to school too early'

Identical twins Becky Pistone (left) with baby Andi and Rachael McGeoch with William gave birth to their newborns hours apart using ‘twin power’.

Lifestyle

Identical twins give birth on same day

INCREDIBLE: Divers at Wolf Rock off Rainbow Beach recently spotted up to 70 pregnant female sharks at a time of the critically endangered grey nurse shark.

News

Big numbers of endangered shark off Rainbow Beach

Imagine arriving at a camp site and all the hard work is done.

Travel

Hate camping? This idea might change your mind

IN TRAINING: Neil Collie runs trails around the scenic Glass House Mountains area in preparation for the 250km Big Red Run.

Lifestyle

From hospital bed to six-day, 250km desert run

$5000 BCF voucher up for grabs!

Lifestyle

Final days to win $5000 BCF voucher!

Get in there ... ask Donna Hay what to do in the kitchen.

Entertainment

Cooking confusion? Ask Donna Hay

Screenshot from a video of orcas off Byron Bay.

Travel

WATCH: Close encounter with killer whales off Byron Bay

REVAMP COMING: Ribs and Rumps on the ground floor of the Grand Hotel.

Business

Goondoon St restaurant to be given major revamp

A selection of beers on a tasting paddle.

Lifestyle

Someone has been messing with my beer

Create flow by blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor living spaces.

Feature

Go with the flow and blend living spaces

Taking Christmas in your stride is not a gift everyone has.

Feature

Presence of mind as count down to silly season begins

The inside of the deteriorating McKean St home.

Property

GALLERY: Eyesore Rocky home sells for $72k

RUSTIC RESTO'S: Emily Barnes loves her business restoring furniture. Friday, 6th Oct, 2017.

Business

Reno disagreement has resto business flourishing

Inject colour into your garden with flowers set to bloom this season.

Lifestyle

Embrace bursts of colour in the garden this spring

The Rapunzel tomato.

Lifestyle

Top picks for home-grown tomatoes

The Carolina Reaper chilli is the hottest chilli in the world.

Lifestyle

Check out the hottest chilli in the world

Original Toowoomba City Council plans for the Etopia quarry gardens in the Bridge Street Quarry. Photo Contributed

Lifestyle

Quarry Gardens future could bloom with Premier

Sarafina Elliott plants the Aboriginal flag on Mt everest Picture: ABC Kimberley

Travel

Aboriginal teen flies flag on Everest

Tigerair passengers can fly home from domestic destinations for $1 as part of this week’s sale. Picture: Shae Beplate

Travel

What you need to know about Tigerair’s $1 flights

Travel

Iceland challenges tourists in tongue-twisting video

Great Southern Land is the first of Qantas’ new Dreamliner aircraft.

Travel

Qantas unveils game-changing Dreamliner

Macaulay Culkin in a scene from Home Alone.

Entertainment

Test your movie trivia on Home Alone

Sophie Monk broke down during a live radio interview with Kyle and Jackie O.

Entertainment

Sophie breaks down during live interview

Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan in The Foreigner.

Entertainment

MOVIE REVIEW: Chan a serious man in The Foreigner

Nicole Kidman won an Emmy for her work in Big Little Lies. Picture: Supplied / Foxtel

Entertainment

Shocking reason TV exec passed on Big Little Lies

Lifestyle

Getting fit killed sex drive of these four women

DEBATE: What colour is this shoe?

Lifestyle

Shoe sparks new debate

Model Mercury Mowen's biggest fans are her two kids, 3-year-old son Gabriel and his 2-year-old sister Nova. The Rocky woman is set to get pulses racing at the upcoming Miss Supercar event on the Gold Coast.

Lifestyle

Rocky mum of two to set pulses racing at Miss Supercars

Lifestyle

Why this Instagram star abandoned by male followers

DJ Koh, President of Samsung Electronics Mobile Communications Business.

Business

Samsung partners with Google to bring AR to 100m devices

Kmarts new summer fashion range isn’t quite what we expected. Picture: Brendan Radke

News

Kmart's new range proves why it must stick to homewares

Google’s newest smartphones, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, will become available for pre-order in Australia on October 20. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Elijah Nouvelage

Business

Meet Google’s smarter smartphone

The HUAWEI Mate 10 and HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro pack a 4000 mAh high-density battery

Business

Huawei declares death of the smartphone

Jenny Ballon, who was attacked by a cow on her property.

News

'Bastard' bullock sold for $2k after almost killing owner

Sandy Morris holding his daughter Violet Tyler.

News

Dad relishes second chance at life after dance with death

Belinda Dunstan is weighing up whether the risks of a triple transplant are too high.

News

'Christmas miracle' mum needs triple transplant to live

Caretaker Prime Minister Bill English, who is a devout Catholic, said he believed the country's abortion laws were working fine and the law should not be changed.

News

Denied abortion: Woman discovers pregnancy at 4 months, 2 weeks

Billy Joel is to become a dad again. Picture: Supplied

Entertainment

Billy Joel to be a dad again at 68

FLIGHT OF FANCY: BirdLife Australia's Dr Golo Maurer enjoys taking his children birdwatching.

Lifestyle

Birds are counting on us to count on them

CYCLE OF LIFE: Taking part in different activities can teach children persistence and other valuable life lessons.

Lifestyle

Riding into a bright future

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 10, 201

Lifestyle

Macca’s sneaky restaurant smartphone tactic

THE END OF INTIMACY: You can get as close as you want but you'll never be able to look into each others' eyes

Lifestyle

Is this the future of dating?

WINNER: A happy Brenda Lyon with the awards sponsor Laureen Tkacik.

News

Sculptor wins one of the top awards - 2017 Martin Hanson

Laurie Penny is a British author and columnist.Source:Supplied

Lifestyle

‘Guess I’m greedy’: The confessions of a polyamorous woman

Laurie Penny is re-defining what it means to 'have it all'

Lifestyle

Polyamory: Here's how to make it work