By Sarah Halfpenny. Photos Gary Sissons. Brian McDowell never expected to become a voice for…
August at McClelland is a vibrant celebration of creativity, curiosity, and community. Highlights include a performance by the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra as part of the Music at McClelland series, interactive Jams for Juniors workshops for young children, the thought-provoking Eternal Oblivion: Death and the Afterlife exhibition, and an insightful conversation for emerging artists with curator and author Amber Creswell Bell.
August marks the last month of winter and the anticipation of spring. Though we are still up to our ‘uggies’ in cold rainy days and in need of warm apparel, we’re also feeling a strong desire for bright colours, fresh flowers, sunshine and making a to-do list of tasks.
Most breweries buy their barley; Mike and Paula Shaw grow it. Most breweries source their hops from suppliers; Mike and Paula harvest them from their own fields. Their enthusiasm has driven Devilbend Farm Beer to become something genuine and rare: a brewery where every ingredient carries the essence of the peninsula soil it sprang from.
The Mornington Peninsula (Main Ridge to be precise) has just scored a new culinary experience: Frog Hollow Kitchen. Focussing on seasonal, Mediterranean recipes, owner Ciara Griffiths, has created both a beautiful space and a beautiful experience.
When bestselling Australian author Kylie Ladd needed a fictional house with six bedrooms for her latest novel, The Mix-Up, the answer came naturally. “Where else in Victoria are you going to find a spare house with six bedrooms? Portsea was the obvious answer,”.
As much as I aspire to wear a cute bikini or pour myself into a smooth pair of leather pants, I don’t think I’m going to wear them well. Staying real is ok.
Growing up in a football family – his father Nathan played AFL for Hawthorn and Port Adelaide, his uncle Ryan played for Collingwood, and cousin Oscar is also making his mark in the sport – meant footy was never just a weekend activity for River Lonie. “I was naturally drawn to footy and then also sort of forced to do it, but I loved it either way,”
