Stories

Naked ambition

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni From the time in the 5th century BC when the nude male body in Greek sculpture was used for portrayals of ideal heroes, life modelling has been…

The grape doesn’t fall far from the vine

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni When Garry Crittenden talks about his grandson, Oscar, the sense of pride is palpable. As a legend of the wine industry, Garry has always been an innovator,…

Modern Day Blues

He’s an acoustic blues guitarist and singer, who has played traditional self-penned blues for 30 years. He has eight albums and has spent his life travelling the world on tour, including sold…

Why age gracefully?

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Yanni When you are over 40 and you love riding your motorbike there’s only one thing left to do, join the Ulysses Club, specifically started for motorcyclists over…

Stay at home dad

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Yanni Ben Merrett-Troup loves his fitness. He is a personal trainer and martial arts teacher in his spare time, and enjoys working out at the gym. But there’s…

Change the way you see the world

Ever since the late ’70’s when Melbourne’s first public art was unveiled, people have had divided opinions on the pieces. It was a yellow contemporary art sculpture called Vault that started all…

It’s all in the design

With the promise of warmer days on the horizon and the sun, sand and surf beckoning, the hot property in real estate becomes the beach box. With the bright and colourful beach…

A rainbow in our midst

By Melissa Walsh     Photos Gary Sissons With buzz words like anxiety and stress being bandied about these days and self-help gurus offering cures for all your woes, it’s refreshing to meet…

Sewing to success

By Melissa Walsh Photos Gary Sissons You can’t keep a good woman down and the ladies at Mount Eliza Neighbourhood House are proving that with their fabulous work on the Boomerang Bag…

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