By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni One of the best things about living on the Mornington Peninsula is that it is full of surprises. There are amazing people and places to be…
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By Joe Novella Photos Yanni and Kim Edwards One of the great benefits of writing for Peninsula Essence is you get to meet wonderful human beings, and we have plenty of them…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Robert Newton is complex. He’s a full-time firefighter with the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in Moorabbin, but, at home in Mount Martha, he’s an award-winning young adult…
Embracing change can also be about learning the art of composting. Composting at home, and teaching and encouraging children at local schools to close the loop of their lunchtime waste, can initiate…
By Andrea Rowe Photos Yanni A soft stripe of orange draws a line of morning across the bay. Choppy waves lap at the ankles of a gutsy group who gather at dawn. They…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Zak Stolz is the 2021 Australian Ninja Warrior champion. The 22-year-old gymnastics coach from Rye was furthest and fastest on a course that, this year, seemed…
By Joe Novella Photos Gary Sissons Ollie Walker-Peel began his life in England in 2004 and was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (CP) in 2006. I’m guessing many of you reading this, like…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Imagine if you could travel back in time and eliminate all of the negative emotions attached to traumatic life events and thereby heal yourself from hurt.…
By Joe Misuraca Photos Yanni Mount Eliza local, John Boyle, 86, not only ran a liquor shop on Main Street in Mornington in his working days, but he was also an Olympian…