Mercedes Maguire

Sydney

Features and travel writer working predominantly for The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph. Mother of two gorgeous girls who often join me on my travels

Articles

Molly Kochan wants sex. There’s just one problem.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Mercedes Maguire

By Mercedes Maguire April 10, 2025 — 1.07pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Molly Kochan has just found out she has cancer. But what she does next turns the usual narrative about terminal illness on its head. Instead of gathering those closest to her even closer, she leaves her husband and plans a spate of sexual adventures with strangers.
What does a ‘good’ divorce look like? Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber show best practice, experts say

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Mercedes Maguire

By Mercedes Maguire March 21, 2025 — 11.29am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Whitney Sloan and her ex-husband decided to separate three years ago, they sat their three young children down and explained how their lives would change. In the kindest terms, they explained they were still one family, but they would be living in two homes.
‘What if that happens here?’: The Australian women dreading change in Trump’s America

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Mercedes Maguire

By Mercedes Maguire March 11, 2025 — 4.55pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Moz Sweeney has called a news moratorium in her Melbourne home. As the mother of four adult daughters and an education support specialist, it’s her way of helping her family cope with developments coming out of the United States.
Stuff

1 month ago | stuff.co.nz | Mercedes Maguire
International Women’s Day and the importance of work sisters

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Mercedes Maguire

By Mercedes Maguire March 7, 2025 — 9.50am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Fiona O’Riordan chokes up when she is asked what her career as a nurse would have looked like if she never met colleague Ellen Burrows. “Oh god, I don’t know,” she says fighting back tears. “Sorry, I don’t know why that question got to me. I’ve never thought about what would have happened if I didn’t meet Ellen.
‘She’s my ride or die’. Why women’s work friendships are different

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Mercedes Maguire

By Mercedes Maguire March 7, 2025 — 9.50am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Fiona O’Riordan chokes up when she is asked what her career as a nurse would have looked like had she never met colleague Ellen Burrows. “Oh god, I don’t know,” she says, fighting back tears. “Sorry, I don’t know why that question got to me. I’ve never thought about what would have happened if I didn’t meet Ellen.
I stayed at Jamala Wildlife Lodge, Canberra's most surprising hotel

Jan 21, 2025 | escape.com.au | Mercedes Maguire

The footpath to our treehouse lodgings was completely blocked. A mottled beige llama was taking up every inch, her head tilted towards us at an arrogant angle as if to say “I dare you!” We had arrived at Canberra’s Jamala Wildlife Lodge for a weekend of animal encounters, but I hadn’t banked on this one. The Mexican standoff was broken only when the llama slowly stood up and sauntered away, almost like she was bored with the interaction. Relieved, we entered Giraffe Treehouse 1.
The Best of Both Worlds

Oct 2, 2024 | kanebridgenews.com | Mercedes Maguire

Instead of buying second homes on the coast, more urban dwellers are taking on the charms and challenges of hobby farms.
Why city CEOS crave life on the farm — and how they're making it work

Oct 2, 2024 | kanebridgenews.com | Mercedes Maguire

Instead of buying second homes on the coast, urban professionals are taking on the charms and challenges of hobby farms From the Spring issue of Kanebridge Quarterly magazine, on sale now. Order your copy here. During the week, CEO Nick Keenan is a corporate king, working long hours and juggling the parenting of their three children with his wife Jodie from their East Malvern home in Melbourne. But on the weekend, he swaps tailored suits for jeans and work boots and heads 3.5 hours to his...
Hunter towns driving NSW regional data trend

Aug 19, 2024 | news.com.au | Mercedes Maguire

Towns in the Hunter region of NSW have been named the most data hungry in the state,according to new figures. Maitland, Cessnock, Muswellbrook and Singleton are using their connected services more than any other local government area with video streaming, online gaming, video conferencing, working and studying from home and accessing essential services such as Telehealth the top uses in these areas, according to the National Broadband Network (nbn).