We started to see the effects of water stress even in the mid-level irrigation.

One of the things we stress is to make sure you are prepared. Do you have enough water? Do you have the right equipment? When we travel, there is a checklist of things, the type of places we stay in, for example.

He was an extremely nice guy, he would do anything in the world for you. He had just about taken me in as a grandchild.

Everybody knew him. He'll be missed a lot.

The downside is that coastal councils and communities can't keep pace with the increase in demand for roads, water, sewage services, even waste collection. There is not the same level of access to ... health care, aged care, education.

Stress is a natural and normal part of being alive. Stress-free promises set people up for failure. Even when used with good intentions and accompanied by relevant and beneficial ideas and practices, the use of the words stress-free is still ill advised because the approach is infused with an erroneous idea that will never come to fruition. The stress-free idea has become a significant hurdle on the path to real stress management, which is the balance between using stress productively and relieving harmful stress symptoms.