/ 11 September 2024

An old-fashioned Show drawcard, a strange lookin’ plane, and a sneaky tuckshop lunch…

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If you’re not a regular agricultural show-goer, you’ll be pleased to hear that a staple of yesteryear is still going strong… Melbourne Royal Show (home to the largest show bag pavilion in the southern hemisphere) has 350 bags to choose from this year – make ours a Bertie Beetle. 

Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a whale…? That’s what Londoners were asking themselves as Airbus’ unusual Beluga aircraft touched down at Heathrow Airport on Monday. It’s named after the marine mammal, and the resemblance is uncanny…

Tuckshops have turned healthy on the sly at a school in Queensland’s Thornlands, where a “sneaky” veg dish has won ‘Tuckshop Recipe of the Year’. We know that lying to children is wrong, but apparently, the kids have no idea the creamy pasta is loaded with veggies… 

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