Bec Winters was simply trying to impress a boy named Jed when she accidentally launched Horribly Healthy, now a peninsula food revolution. Eleven years ago, faced with the dilemma of a new boyfriend who couldn’t eat gluten, refined sugar or eggs due to his strict motocross training regime, she started experimenting with raw caramel slice in her kitchen. Today, her Horribly Healthy treats are stocked across Victoria, bringing joy to kids and adults alike, especially those with allergies.
When Jessica Lynne’s part-time mediumship practice attracted a waiting list of 800 people, she knew…
18 year old Lana Schulenburg is a Miss Teen Galaxy Australia National Finalist, a show-jumper with Olympic dreams, and the founder of youth empowerment platform Elevate U. Her 1,500-plus hours of community service barely scratch the surface of a schedule that would exhaust most adults.
Janette Bendle moves through her Mornington Pilates studio with the ease of someone who’s been teaching here for 13 years – though her journey as an instructor stretches back an impressive 26 years. It’s been seven months since she returned from filming The Golden Bachelor, and while she didn’t find romantic love on national television, she discovered something else entirely.
Ashleigh Paterson isn’t trying to be the perfect mum. She’s not plating up Instagram-worthy dinners every night or pretending her five-year-old eats kale chips for breakfast. What she is doing, through her wildly relatable Instagram account @ashleigh.cooks, is showing thousands of parents that feeding a family doesn’t have to be a source of stress.
Five years ago, Andrew Bryan was lying in a hospital bed, having hit what he calls ‘rock bottom’. Today, from his garage gym in Mount Martha, he’s changing the lives of fathers and sons who are struggling to connect in a world that seems designed to keep them apart.
Jason Vaux doesn’t live on the Mornington Peninsula, but for the past two years, it’s become his second home. Three times a week, the 33-year-old makes the 25-minute drive from Berwick to join a community that’s helped transform his life – the Olivers Hill Run Club in Frankston.