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The Westsider: December, 2025

The Westsider is a not-for-profit, monthly community newspaper, written by volunteers and delivered to hundreds of pick-up points across the inner west each month.

Wine vs wine – December 25

This month, Richard reviews the 2024 Bream Creek Pino Noir and Grant reviews a 2021 Mt Langi Ghiran 'Cliff Edge' Shiraz.

Creamy, cheesy caramelised leek fusilloni

A perfect blend of salty and sweet, try the month's delicious recipe from Lizzie Moss.

Edgewater’s Buza Chicken – The other ‘KFC’

Buza Chicken in Maribyrnong Express is a quaint little store in Edgewater offering a delightful experience for fried chicken enthusiasts and fans of Korean cuisine.

Snakes alive! My favourite season of the year

Right now, across the western suburbs, you are never more than a couple of hundred meters away from a highly venomous snake. You just don’t know it.

Tens of thousands take a first look inside Melbourne’s newest tunnel

Melbourne’s west was on show as thousands of people turned out for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to walk through the West Gate Tunnel before it opens to traffic. 

Taking back control in a world that knows too much

A seemingly trivial call centre exchange raises concerns about data harvest by stealth.

In hospital at twilight

A poem by Ted Logan

Werribee’s new cliff walk a dazzling display of changing colours

Stage one of the K Road Cliff Walk above the Werribee River floodplains is complete and visitors have been wowed by the spectacular views, with some comparing them to Kakadu.

It’s never really about the Christmas ham

Marie Vakakis discusses the pressure of good intentions around the Christmas and what you can do to help manage the season.

Teaching kids to handle ‘no’ in a healthy way

Teaching children to see rejection as redirection helps them grow stronger and more confident.

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