By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni Theodore Roosevelt said “the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are fo…
Tag: Local Interest
When footy came to the Peninsula
By Lance Hodgins The game played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College in August 1858 was umpired by State cricke…
The glory of gardening
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni When Nick Smith was driving home from his parents' holiday house in Sorrento 20 years ag…
A long way from Cairo
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni When you grow up in a family of jewellers, surrounded by precious gems, blocks of gold a…
5 per cent is Treasure
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni He’s been a schoolteacher, photographer, author and journalist, and now runs one of the …
Clothes make all the difference
By Melissa Walsh Photo Yanni It has been said that clothing has a significant effect on self-esteem and confidence, an…
Round House sets the standard
It might be hidden behind a ti-tree fence and foliage but the iconic Frankston roundhouse still stands proudly on the ap…
The more things change the more they stay the same
By Melissa Walsh Photos Gary Sissons Angelo Taranto strolls over to the Tyabb Railway Primary School from his massive 2…
The Tragedy of Capel Sound
By Lance Hodgins Early on Tuesday July 9th 1867 two steamer tugs left Sandridge, Melbourne’s port, carrying 200 passenge…