PORTSEA farewell

Media legend Pete Smith OAM and his wife Jackie are bidding a fond farewell to Portsea after 60 years of having the Mornington Peninsula as their second home. Pete and Jackie bought…

VOICES IN harmony

The sound of singing is ringing through halls around the Mornington Peninsula as more people seek social connection through community choirs after years of COVID-related withdrawal. Singing together has long been recognised…

From French Island To Canberra

By Peter McCullough Pictured above is the 1912 McDonald ‘EB’ Imperial tractor (No. 140) which recently was put on display at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. This imposing machine, one…

Focus on Red Hill

Red Hill is a 86 kilometre journey south from Melbourne, located in the hinterland of the Mornington Peninsula, between the coastal towns of Dromana and Balnarring. It has a population of approximately…

LAYERED approach

Frankston artist, Kylie Stillman, is an artistic alchemist. She creates images from absence, three dimensions from two, paints with thread and illuminates with shadow. Her exhibition, Glimmer Warning, is currently on display…

Focus on Balnarring

Balnarring is a town situated on the Mornington Peninsula, approximately a one hour and 15-minute drive from Melbourne. The Aboriginal meaning for Balnarring is ‘camp in open places’. The population of Balnarring…

They’re Racing…at Emu Plains

Last year, the Balnarring Picnic Racing Club celebrated the 160th anniversary of popular Emu Plains Racecourse. Although the club has had five different names during the journey, the location at Emu Plains…

NATURAL BORN storyteller

Seaford author, Amy Suiter Clarke, has written two gripping psychological thrillers: Girl 11 (2021) and Lay Your Body Down (2023). Girl 11 has been translated into twelve languages and published in fifteen…

A VIGILANT voice

That Gary Turner should get throat cancer, as his voice is one of his greatest assets, was a cruel twist of fate. Gary does radio programs for places as far away as…