Stories

All the buzz about an artist of the finest timbre

By Brendan Rees   Photos Yanni For Angie Polglaze, “touching wood” – what you do to ensure an abundance of good luck in your life – has certainly worked. Since picking up…

Changing the world one pencil at a time

By Andrea Louise Thomas Such a simple implement, the pencil, but its potential is far reaching. No one would know this more than Cindy Rochstein, Founder and CEO of Pencils Community. Her…

Student of the leaf

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni There’s nothing better than a nice cup of tea and peninsula tea aficionado, Tania Stacey, should know, after being crowned the Australian World Tea Brewers Cup…

Cuts & Conversations

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni There’s something about sitting in a salon having your hair done which opens up a dialogue for women to share their most personal thoughts and feelings.…

The pride of Lions

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Gary Sissons It has been 100 years since the Lions Club began in the United States, and this year Australia celebrates 70 years of service to the…

The Peninsula’s Ninja Warrior

By Melissa Walsh He grew up on the Mornington Peninsula, attended local schools and joined the Defence Force in 2005, being deployed to Iraq as a rifleman in 2007. Two years later,…

Barbecue Dreams

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni IT WAS A SIMPLE MEAL OF US SOUTHERN STYLE BBQ THAT WOULD CHANGE THE LIVES OF LOCAL COUPLE, MARTIN AND MELISSA GOFFIN. YEARS LATER THEY WOULD…

Mason’s mission

By Brendan Rees   Photos Cameron McCullough If Mason Johnson could have just one wish it would be simply to play outside like most six-year-olds. Instead Mason is stuck inside his Frankston…

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 and creativity, it’s a fairly safe bet that the craft…

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