Welcome Note

Auf Nimmerwiedersehen 2020!

Words James Hutton, Publisher

Welcome to the January 2021 edition of The Beast, the monthly magazine for Sydney’s beaches of the east. I should also throw in a good riddance to 2020 - the German phrase ‘Auf nimmerwiedersehen’ probably says it best, translating literally to ‘Until I never see you again’!

This month’s cool cover art was created by Bondi’s Camille Fox, who has kindly offered to auction off the framed original artwork and donate all the proceeds to cancer research at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, where my brother Dan received amazing care during his cancer battle. If you’d like to make an offer, please flick me an email at james@thebeast.com.au.

Flickerfest will be bringing some welcome cheer to Bondi in January as the iconic short film festival celebrates its 30th anniversary. A festival garden will operate adjacent to its usual home in Bondi Pavilion from January 22-31 and we really can’t wait!

I’ll sign off by thanking everyone for keeping us going through the toughest year for our business since Dan and I started this little local publication from our Bondi apartment back in 2005. We’ve now survived the Global Financial Crisis, the onslaught of tech giants Facebook and Instagram, and a global pandemic (among various personal challenges) and we couldn’t have done it without the support of our staff, readers and advertisers, so thank you all.

Cheers, James

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