Phillip Thomson

Phillip Thomson

From backyard to food bowl

Merrily Gemmell, 18 months, with dad Simon Gemmell from Rivett and their aquaponic system.

Phillip Thomson A burgeoning movement in Canberra is aiming to be one step ahead of the looming world food crisis

New race team launched as mountain biking hits a high

Champion mountain biker Jason English with Canberra entrepreneur Mick Spencer.?

Phillip Thomson ONE of Canberra's top young entrepreneurs has launched his own professional mountain bike racing team on the back of the booming popularity of the sport in the national capital.

Trev's race to the top all in a good cause

Phillip Thomson Running in a horse suit is not as tough as it seems but don't expect Trevor Hancock to run as fast as a horse.

Cafe couple's dream had unusual beginning

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Phillip Thomson THEY served 400,000 cups of coffee but after 15 years, Elaine and Brent Richter are moving out of Yarralumla and remembering the day the dream began on the back of an envelope.

21 year old arrested following pursuit in Duffy

Phillip Thomson Police have arrested a 21-year-old Duffy man following a pursuit early Saturday morning where a car allegedly mounted a curb and slid down an embankment.

Summertime living is easy

Claudia swimming underwater.

Phillip Thomson Children make the best photographic subjects, if The Canberra Times summer photo competition is any indication.

Chance to see your best shots in print

Julie Blades' daughter with a small Bream she caught at Bateman's Bay.

Phillip Thomson The family's expensive camera has perhaps been left at home more this summer holiday than ever before.

Auction Watch

Signs of confidence emerge

83 Banambila Street, Aranda sold at auction today for $830,000. Auctioneer, Phil de Fegely.

Michael Inman and Phillip Thomson FOUR registered bidders battled for the right to call 83 Banambila Street, Aranda, home yesterday, with the four-bedroom property selling under the hammer for $830,000.

Auction Watch

Oxley auction record broken

Auction watch. 182 Newman Morris Circuit, Oxley.

Phillip Thomson An Oxley home sold at auction for $862,000 yesterday, the second week in a row the suburb's price record has been broken.

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ACT apprentices acting as asbestos spotters

Phillip Thomson THE MAJOR construction union in the ACT has revealed apprentices, and not their bosses, are generally the people on worksites identifying potentially deadly asbestos.

Auction Watch

Open plan draws buyer

39 Rossarden Street Fisher.

Phillip Thomson A FOUR-bedroom ex-government home at Fisher sold after auction for $655,000 yesterday.