Judith Abbott has always enjoyed working with her hands. While Judith has always loved working as a big-city hairdresser where she has regulars who have come to her for 35 years, she wanted to apply her creativity in a different direction. The cogs started turning when she saw a work colleague’s handmade, crocheted handbag.
Rye photographer Nathan ‘Natti’ Miller is wholly focused on human connection. He’s interested in visually telling the stories of people and the worlds they inhabit, internally and externally.
Frankston painter, Lisa O’Keefe has spent her entire life doing what she loves, including the opportunity to travel to the quintessential artist’s holy grail to learn her incredible skills.
Singer-songwriter Bonita Habils’ songs serve as a canvas for her fears, feelings, and dreams, transforming raw emotions into hauntingly beautiful melodies and lyrics.
Frankston artist, Hayley Ashe, has only been painting for five years, yet she already has the mastery one would expect from a far more experienced painter.
Pretty florals, graphics and textured fabrics like lace and tweed take centre stage this autumn and luxurious silks and chiffons and full-bodied satins feature prominently in our elevated designer dresses. Accessories are going to be key to bringing these looks into line.
Wearing well-styled clothing can command power and drive confidence. It is definitely worth celebrating.
The colour red is always in fashion denoting power, confidence, prosperity, purity and is often linked to royalty and status.
If you haven’t made up your mind yet as to what to change, I have a few good ideas that may set you up for a significant beginning to 2025.
As we count down the days to the silly season, many of us become fixated on what we are going to put under the Christmas tree for our friends and loved ones.
Steve Vizard loves his stunning Arthurs Seat property so much that it takes a lot to get him to the city these days. But there is one thing that will make Steve and Sarah Vizard drop everything and hurry to Melbourne: their grandchildren, Poppy and Teddy.
As the ‘Middle-Aged Goddess’, Jane McCann helps women all over the world feel more positive about themselves in middle age, with an Instagram audience of over 134,000 people.
That Gary Turner, a radio announcer, media and communications advisor, a Master of Ceremonies, and an actor, should get throat cancer was a cruel twist of fate.
You might not know Samuel Jonathan McMillan, born and bred on the Mornington Peninsula, but you probably know Sammy J, writer, comedian, singer, composer, and radio presenter.
Marcia Hines OAM, was born to shine. She started singing when she was only four years old. Sitting by the radio with the family on Sundays listening to the top 40 songs, she just had the urge to sing.
Fiona Hammond knows food. In her career, spanning over 25 years, she has worked as a recipe developer and tester, a food stylist and food photographer. She was a food columnist for The Age’s Sunday Life magazine, and she contributed articles to Gourmet Traveller magazine for ten years. Fiona collaborated with Maggie Beer on her cookbooks, Verjuice and Maggie’s Christmas, as a recipe tester.
Bittern artisan cheesemakers Melinda and Shane Voss are in love – with cheese. They’d always made their own cheeses, but COVID-19 prompted their move to a commercial kitchen.
An easy, delicious recipe that will add colour to your dining table and it’s SO simple to make. Serves 7 as an entree.
The story of Chief’s Son is one of passion and perfection. It is a tale of a long family history coupled with astute attention to the smallest detail. It is also a lesson in patience.
Thinly slice the mushrooms and serve hot in a steamed pita or flatbread with garlic yogurt sauce, middle-eastern style salad, tahini and hot sauce if you desire.
Spring brings a softness to the air that’s welcome to both horses and family alike at Jason Warren Racing Stables in Mornington. For Jason, his wife and office manager Kate, and his three daughters, Chloe, Charlotte, and Ruby, there’s excitement in the air, as the Spring Racing Carnival gets underway.
At just 20 years old, Mackenzie Eardley is already making waves in the AFLW after being drafted by the Hawks at the age of 18 from Dandenong Stingrays.
Mornington Peninsula women of all ages are riding a wave of success in surfing competitions and their accomplishments are something to be celebrated.
Brock Batty’s journey to the Paris Olympics as a trampoline gymnast began with a backyard trampoline in Frankston, jumping for fun and teaching himself flips.
With eighty-seven books on cricket and football, author and sports commentator Ken Piesse is the most published sports author in Australia.
When it comes to live entertainment, there are few higher-octane events than a match night at 5/37 Brunel Road in Seaford.
The ‘puppy menu’ is the newest addition to the peninsula dining scene, catering for the cuter kind of cafe goers and combining two pillars of peninsula culture; family and food.
Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park’s newest attraction includes venomous snakes, pythons, a freshwater crocodile, green tree frogs, and a range of lizards in purpose-built reptile habitats.
The Tyabb Packing House Antiques is home to more than 20 dealers, all specialists in their fields and many of whom have over 40 years’ experience.
Last year, the Balnarring Picnic Racing Club celebrated the 160th anniversary of popular Emu Plains Racecourse.
Portsea is located approximately 110 kilometres drive south of the Melbourne CBD, and is the most westerly settlement on the Mornington Peninsula. In 1840, a freed convict by the name of James Sandle Ford took up a parcel of land which he named Portsea, after Portsea Island which is an island incorporated by Portsmouth in England.
Stroll the beach and pier walking paths, spot diverse birdlife in the wetlands, and visit a brewery or distillery on Hartnett Drive.
Red Hill is a 86 kilometre journey south from Melbourne, located in the hinterland of the Mornington Peninsula, between the coastal towns of Dromana and Balnarring.
Balnarring is situated approximately a one hour and 15-minute drive from Melbourne. The Aboriginal meaning for Balnarring is ‘camp in open places’.
A large beach-side centre fronting Port Phillip on the Mornington Peninsula, Rosebud is located between Rye and Dromana.
