šµ Let's get gothic
The Australian Gothic, sunny beer gardens, secret climate reports, and a blast from the past
Huw Bradshaw
October 08, 2025
ā±ļø The 48th edition of our newsletter is a 5-minute read.
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Morning all,
Thank you all for your excellent ghost stories last week. Mel is keen to get investigating.
Thereās another spectre haunting Sydney though: single-use plastic decorations. Iām hoping that this Halloween, we can come up with ways to decorate our houses and front yards without sending tonnes of synthetic cobwebs, fake skeletons, and plastic pumpkins into landfill.
I donāt want to be the grinch (?) who stole Halloween though!
If anything I think we can get more creative, more strange and more fun if we DIY halloween decorations. Australia is full of great horror if you look for it. Just look at our classic movies: The Cars That Ate Paris didnāt need fake spider webs. Wake In Fright didnāt need light-up plastic jack-o-lanterns.
Though you canāt buy Donald Pleasence at Kmart, of course.
šļø Anyway, letās get into the rest of the news.
āI was there defending the democratic right of the residentsā
WHATāS ON THIS WEEK šļø
WEDNESDAY, 08/10/25 | Ukranian DNA
FRIDAY, 10/10/25 | Dungeons and Dragons for Young People
SATURDAY, 11/10/25 | Guitar Beginners
UNTIL SUNDAY, 12/10/25| Taronga After Dark
HEARD THIS WEEKš
šŗ Where is the best beer garden in the North Shore?
This one seems to be a source of minor controversy.
Where is the best beer garden in the North Shore?
Read the full story here and then write to me and tell me your picks.
š§ø Family friendly events on the North Shore this October
Thereās a lot going on across the North Shore this month: if youāre looking for a full family outing, hereās all the best kid-friendly events on.
Read the full guide here.
š¤« The governmentās secret climate security report ā and why MPs are worried.
Our national reporter Archie Milligan took the time this week to sit down with Warringah MP Zali Steggall to talk about that other climate report - the one that gets into the national security and safety risks associated with climate change.
The Government is keeping this report under wraps, and Steggall is one of the few whoāve seen it. She thinks the rest of us ought to be able to see it too.
Watch the full video below.
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SEEN THIS WEEK šļø
We did a little dive into local history last Friday, looking at this iconic āWelcome to North Sydneyā archway in Milsons Point. Were you able to guess what year it was first constructed?
Thatās all from me.
Got a local story tip, mystery, or someone I should meet? Hit reply or reach out to me at [email protected].
Cheers,
Huw
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