Trash Free Trails is an exciting new non-profit organisation promoting sustainability for our beloved trails. After launching in the UK in 2017 with Dom Ferris, the organisation is opening its first international hub in Australia, led by Tom Hutton and Dan Smith. Tom was nice enough to sit down and chat about the exciting launch of Trash Free Trails Australia.Continue readingTrash Free Trails: protecting Australia’s wild places with Tom Hutton
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Founded in 1976, local patchwork group Canberra Quilters celebrates 50 years in 2026. Despite their relatively small home, the group and its members have made big strides in quilting. The group’s work is currently on display at CMAG for the ‘Stitching Stories’ anniversary exhibition.Continue readingCanberra Quilters celebrate 50 years with CMAG exhibition
Year after year, Reuben Mudge spends hundreds of dollars on video games hoping to receive hours of enjoyment and engagement in return. However, it’s not very often that he ever picks these games up again.Continue reading‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’: a night that lasts for years
Celebrities love to start book clubs. At this point, it almost seems like a rite of passage. But are these book clubs any good? Can the monthly recommendations of the rich and famous really be trusted by the humble reader? Or should we turn to other sources for our next rec?Continue readingCelebrity book clubs: are they any good?
Wuthering Heights is a 2026 adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel, directed by Emerald Fennell and designed to be an unsettling and unique version of the story. Despite the film’s vivid and immersive set design and costumes, the love between Cathy and Heathcliff felt underdeveloped and their characters were deeply unlikable. Ultimately, this film was a spectacle that upon second watch felt shallow.Continue readingI watched “Wuthering Heights” twice and hated it more the second time
The joy of reading a book or sitting down to watch a movie has lost its spark for young people, with interest in reading and traditional cinema experiences decreasing significantly. Young adult books and films shaped media consumption in the 2010s, so to encourage us all to put down our phones, here’s a list of the best screen adaptations of that era.Continue readingThe best YA book-to-movie adaptations of the 2010s
The rollout of MyWay+ has been contentious, to say the least. Even the ACT government confessed they should have waited at least a week before launching the error-ridden system. But in order to find solutions to restore Canberra’s public transport system back to glory, one must first investigate the roots of the problem.Continue readingThe bumpy rollout of MyWay+
From dodgy apps, faulty QR codes, temperamental hardware, and a far from smooth transition, many of us have been left in the trenches when it comes to MyWay+. So, how did Canberra’s public transport get to this point? Who’s involved? And where’s the journey going from here? Fasten your seatbelts — it’s time to go on a ride through the tumultuous history of MyWay+.Continue readingConfused about MyWay+? Here’s what you should know
The ACT Greens’ Spokesperson for Transport, Andrew Braddock MLA, has been vocal about shortcomings of the MyWay+ rollout. Speaking with The Owl’s Ben Devlin and Theresa Joseph on UCFM 87.8, Braddock discussed the system’s disjointed functionality which has manifested in difficulties navigating the MyWay+ app and issues with card readers, and how this relates to problems with data collection and non-compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act.Continue readingACT Greens’ Spokesperson for Transport voices concerns over MyWay+
Retired journalist and public transport user Graham Downie was one of the first user testers of the MyWay+ system when it was first implemented. In this interview, The Owl’s Phoebe Allan and Theresa Joseph speak to Downie about what he found during the testing phase of MyWay+.Continue reading “It’s a bit like having your house tested for its structure after it’s built”: Graham Downie on the MyWay+ roll out