Black figs carry deep meaning in Aboriginal ways of knowing. They’re associated with birthing, nourishment, and community gathering, so it seemed the right name for a café built to do exactly that.
Langwarrin-based author Jodie Fitzsimons spent years navigating the kind of obstacles every aspiring writer knows all too well.
Kelly Nash has spent her life saying yes to things that terrify her. And now, as she returns to the role of Patch in Sea Wolves Howl, she’s doing it again: playing a character who has found profound healing in the very thing Kelly herself isn’t a big fan of – the open ocean.
There’s a handmade sterling silver charm in the shape of a cocktail on display at & Independents gallery in Sorrento that will tell you everything you need to know about its maker, 24-year-old Matisse Stynes. It’s whimsical, precisely crafted, beautiful, thought-provoking, and guaranteed to make you smile.
Paralympic gold medallist Heath Davidson has one of the most remarkable comeback stories in Australian sport. After abandoning wheelchair tennis for 11 years, he returned to the court at the age of 28 and won gold at the Rio Paralympics just 11 months later.
At 16 years old Colleen Callander stood outside a Sportsgirl store in Geelong, convinced she didn’t belong. “I didn’t even have the confidence to walk in as a shopper,” she recalls. Fast forward to today, and that same woman has become one of Australia’s most influential CEOs, a bestselling author, and the founder of ‘Mentor Me Women’.
When Angel walks into a client’s home for the first time she’s looking at lighting, clarity, and how energy circulates. “Good Feng Shui is present in spaces where energy can circulate freely. She also tunes into something more subtle – lingering emotions, energetic blocks, and patterns accumulated over time.
Bec Winters was simply trying to impress a boy named Jed when she accidentally launched Horribly Healthy, now a peninsula food revolution. 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…