Peter Munro
Peter Munro is a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Where to eat and drink in far north Queensland
Peter Munro thinks big for a short food-filled stay in the tropical north.
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David Griggs finds fun among the paint fumes at Campbelltown Arts Centre
The two-bedroom condominium in the Philippines that artist David Griggs calls home, overlooks a train station and shopping mall. The apartment is small with shoddy ventilation. Paint fumes from his adjoining studio give him dizzy spells and crazed dreams. "You get immune to it but it's not healthy," he says.
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Thousand Lakes Lodge, Tasmania review: Abandoned for years, this is now an intimate retreat
It's hard to imagine this stunning lodge was left abandoned for years - except for a lone Tasmanian Devil.
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The Preatures' new album Girlhood: finding new confidence on home soil in Sydney
As the Preatures release the follow-up to their hit debut album, we pay a visit to the inner-city studio where their music comes to life.
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Jewish refugee music and theatre comes out of the shadows in Sydney
The event is part of a three-year British Arts & Humanities Research Council project to uncover and revive hidden or lost works by Jewish refugees.
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Rockstar scientist David Reilly takes the axe to quantum physics
Of the five electric guitars owned by experimental quantum physicist David Reilly, he likes this one the best. The mustard-yellow Fender Telecaster has two pickups, a maple fretboard and country-rock twang. When he's not in the laboratory pondering the mysteries of life, the universe and everything, he likes to lay down tracks on his axe at home, alone. "It's a fantastic way of switching off."
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iPhone photography reveals Australians see more than selfies on their screens
"It's about having that keenness to be a bit fresh," says Christopher Armstrong.
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Landscape artist Bec Juniper sees the softer side to rugged Australian terrain
Staring from a great height at the endless plains, red-dirt roads and mining pits cut like open wounds across Western Australia, artist Bec Juniper sees something surprising. This rugged, bullish land seems strangely soft and feminine to her.
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Archibald Prize circus comes to a close for Art Gallery of NSW head packer Steve Peters
The paintings arrive at the Art Gallery of NSW's loading dock via courier vans, trucks, maxi taxis, midsize SUVs and on a skateboard. Artist Patrick Hromas lugs a large portrait of his godmother in his arms from St James Station, his forehead dripping great gobs of sweat in the winter sun. It's his first time in the Archibald Prize. "I'm not a big fan of big heads," he says.
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Why are so many more Australians ending up with only a car roof over their heads?
For thousands of Australians, home is a Holden or a Toyota parked in a dimly-lit street, and the number is growing. What's forcing them to take such drastic action?
- Peter Munro