Readers Digest Australia

In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

LETTERS • Reader’s Comments And Opinions

EDITOR’S NOTE • Extreme Experiences

Readers Digest Australia

The Power Of Music

For Your PETS • Keep Your Pets Happy, Healthy And Pampered

SMART ANIMALS • Know how to make themselves at home

How To Protect Your Eyesight

Sleep Helps Shed Weight

WORLD OF MEDICINE

My Stutter, Myself • If others don’t notice my stutter, can I really call myself a stutterer?

DO YOU DARE? • Two savvy business women want us to start eating insects. It’s good for the environment, but can consumers get over the yuck factor?

LIFE’S LIKE THAT • Seeing The Funny Side

TRAPPED UNDER A GREY SKY

SEE THE WORLD…

How To Make The Perfect CUP OF TEA

For Your HOME • Clever And Stylish Additions For Every Room In Your Home

A SYMPHONY OF IRRITATION

INTO THE LIGHT • Doctors used to tell people who had suffered concussions to sit in a dark room until they felt better. Now they have entirely different advice – and much better results

GET A GREEN(ER) THUMB

LAUGHTER • The Best Medicine

Impressive • 3D printers can be used to create buildings, artwork, vehicles, food, and even body parts

AFTER THE ERUPTION • In popular culture, the sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius is usually depicted as an apocalyptic event. Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

Fast-Moving Facts About Driving

For Your GARDEN • Functional, Practical And Stylish Additions To Your Outdoor Area

TRESPASSING THE TRAIN GRAVEYARD • The place was off-limits, just enough to make you want to get in …

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK • Humour On The Job

The Great Astronomers • The starry sky has fascinated humans since ancient times

QUOTABLE QUOTES

DO MORE WITH YOUR TECH • Cool features that can help make life easier, safer, even more fun

TO HELL AND BACK • The Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan is known as the Gates of Hell. I stood on its edge – and lived to tell the tale

HOME AT LAST! • A cat missing for five years, a dog who disappeared during a fire, and more heart-warming true stories of pets who were lost – then found

PUZZLES • Challenge yourself by solving these puzzles and mind stretchers, then check your answers on page 154.

FAMILY FUN

TRIVIA • Test Your General Knowledge

PUZZLE ANSWERS • From Page 148

WORD POWER • Happy Haunting