Paralympic gold medallist Heath Davidson has one of the most remarkable comeback stories in Australian sport. After abandoning wheelchair tennis…
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Even as a child, nutritionist and chef Sarah Pound had an audience. “I used to set up an old-school camcorder,…
Melissa Warren is not one to be told she can’t do something. In high school, her French teacher advised against…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Fiona Hammond knows food. In her career, spanning over 25 years, she has worked as a…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Mornington author Anna Matilda, aka The Urban Nanna, is keen to share her wealth of knowledge…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Barry Randall was three months old the first time he splashed in the sea. Ever since,…
By Andrea Louise Thomas I’ve always loved being outside – exploring, investigating, and spending time near the beach. Growing up…
By Andrea Louise Thomas When Mount Eliza anti-vaping campaigner Lily Ford began, she had only one objective – to help others.…
NO MATTER if she is near or far from home, 21-year-old Kristin Blight is willing to jump on the truck…
IT IS impossible for most of us to imagine anything more painful than losing two children in their prime, but…
A BOY was so inspired by a luxury car, a Rolls Royce, on the esplanade at Dromana in 1914 that…
IN 2019 and at just 44, Shelley Christie had a headache and kept dropping what she was holding in her…
A SELF-confessed latecomer to hiking, Red Hill artist Michael Leeworthy managed to turn the restrictions of COVID-19 into positives: publishing…
MERRICKS author Megan Rogers is not wasting time when it comes to telling stories, having signed a two-book deal for…
ANYONE looking for free skills training, a sense of purpose and a new bunch of good-hearted friends can look no…
A DECISION to change courses has paid off for Leela Subramaniam who has been named Apprentice of the Year at…
THREE sisters who founded the mental health charity It’s Okay, Not to Be Okay are encouraging people to get involved…
MORNINGTON Peninsula mother-of-three and business woman Julie Fisher ‘s heart-warming and honest book From the Heart of Mums is an…
A COLLABORATION between Boon Wurrung elder N’Arwee’t Professor Carolyn Briggs AM and Balnarring Pre-School has resulted in a third self-published…
NONAGENARIAN Liz Hicklin’s memoir Kiss & Cry was launched on Sunday 26 February at Morven Manor Mornington to a warm…
MERRICKS author Megan Rogers has lived in many places, but says it was moving back to the Mornington Peninsula that…
WORKING remote has become “normal” for many since the onset of the global COVID pandemic. But author Mark T Rasmussen…
A DROMANA filmmaker is on a mission to show women how to “show up for themselves” and accept the way…
MORNINGTON mother of three Jane Ting is using literature to change the way young people think about plastics and the…
MORNINGTON man Alan Girling used his time during COVID lockdowns to make use of his interest in fishing to qualify…
A MURDER on the waters of Port Phillip is the mystery inside a new fiction novel. Death on the Ferry…
TUCKED away on the fringes of suburbia between Mornington and Frankston is a natural wonderland where visitors can see some…
SIXTEEN-year-old Mornington student Laura Kemp has seen first-hand the significant difference that social connections can make to the lives of…
MOUNT Eliza author Gaby Chase (above) has written a coming-of-age story that has an unusual focus on cooking and ambition,…
LIKE many people who are recognised for their services to their community, Sorrento’s Suzanne Janet South said she was both…