Touching Tribute To Melbourne Cup King Bart Cummings

For the first time in decades, the world’s most iconic race is being run without Bart Cummings, the man who won it more times than anyone. The 12-time Cup winner died aged 87 on August 30 after leaving an indelible mark on Australian and world racing. While his stable hasn’t qualified a runner in…

ByRobyn Foyster02/11/2015

Fashion

Ruby Rose Stuns On MTV Red Carpet

The Orange Is The New Black fan favourite wore a plunging black suit showing off just the right amount of flesh as she made her way into the awards ceremony at the Mediolanum Forum. Ruby Rose The eye-catching design was just one of many that Ruby rocked through the star-studded evening she is co-hosting with Ed Sheeran. Ruby…

ByRobyn Foyster26/10/2015

Careers

Layne Beachley On Mentoring, Adoption & Winning

She already knew how to handle a surfboard but it was a pivotal moment – when her dad revealed she was adopted – that then, eight-year-old Layne Beachley from Manly Beach on Sydney’s North Shore, knew she had a reason to become the best in the world at what she loved. It didn’t take her…

ByRobyn Foyster29/09/2015

World

12 Apps You Can’t Live Without

There's a profusion of apps on the market but we've made it easy for you and singled out the apps we love best here at TheCarousel. Smiling Mind Meditation isn’t just for hippies! With an app like Smiling Mind, you’ll reach your happy place in no time. Choose from 20 different programs, then punch in…

ByRobyn Foyster04/08/2015

Arts & Culture News

Meet Telstra Ballet Dancer Award Nominee Benedicte Bemet

Meet Telstra Ballet Dancer Award Nominee Benedicte Bemet Born in Mackay in 1994, she grew up on the Gold Coast where she began her training aged three and continued in Hong Kong when her family relocated there when she was ten. Benedicte says leaving home at age 13 to study ballet professionally was “probably the hardest…

ByRobyn Foyster25/07/2015

Homes

Annalise Law Talks About The Kanga Group

Every start-up business owner has to overcome hurdles in pursuit of their dream. In this 21st year of the Telstra Business Women’s Awards we speak to a previous recipient – a female entrepreneur - about how she realised her dream despite the difficulties. With very little experience in marketing, all Annalise knew was that she…

ByRobyn Foyster19/06/2015

Homes

OzHarvest’s Ronni Kahn On Collaborating With The United Nations To #ThinkEatSave

The Not-For-Profit Organisation she founded has prevented 11 million kilograms of surplus, good food from ending up in landfill and delivered over 36 million meals to more than 680 welfare groups across Australia in the past decade. If you think those stats are impressive, wait till you meet the woman behind them - Ronni Kahn,…

ByRobyn Foyster01/06/2015

Innovations Technology Trends

Telstra’s Chief Technology Officer Lends Us His Innovative Vision For The Future…

What exactly does the future hold? Advancements in technology is the hottest topic on the lips and fingertips of people in the know. What better place to get the industry inside information about the latest and greatest cutting edge innovations than from Telsta’s Chief Technology Officer – Vish Nandlall. Here, TheCarousel.com’s Publisher Robyn Foyster chats…

ByRobyn Foyster19/05/2015

Technology Trends

Tech Gadgets You Can’t Live Without – Plus The Latest Trends

What’s hot in technology? What tech gadget can’t you live without? And what’s next in technology? From wearable technology to the new Apple Smart Phone, Tech Entrepreneurs give their top tips. We asked a team of Telstra’s Business Influencers: Robyn Foyster, Publisher of Women’s Lifestyle site The Carousel; Larry Heath, Founder & Editor in Chief,…

ByRobyn Foyster12/05/2015

Fitness Nutrition Wellness & Health

Restore Yourself At The Golden Door Elysia Health Retreat

Nestled in the foothills of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, the Golden Door Elysia is a health retreat imbued with the restorative powers of calmness and serenity. It’s evident from waking up to the choral sounds of birds and the lazy grass-feeding kangaroos grazing in the early morning mist with the precipitous mountains…

ByRobyn Foyster30/04/2015