By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Dating is a tricky business. It brings up all kinds of questions about self and other. It challenges a person’s confidence. Am I good enough? That…
Tag: Local Interest
St Mark’s dedication day, 26 April, 1914. By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring & District Historical Society A small, white, weatherboard church is overshadowed by old pine trees. It occupies a prominent corner…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Jai Seales & Gary Sissons Point Leo musician Tim Stout has always lived a double life divided between his love for music and the practicalities of making…
By Lance Hodgins For 40 years the Moorooduc Quarry was the main source of stone for the roads of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings. It nearly didn’t survive past its second…
By Cameron McCullough Photos Yanni, Gary Sissons & Supplied THE Crittenden family celebrated 40 years of wine making on the Mornington Peninsula in October. It was a time for the family to…
By Joe Novella Photos Yanni When you think of famous sports people of the Greater Frankston and Mornington Peninsula regions, names like John Coleman, Dermott Brereton and Debbie Flintoff-King spring to mind,…
By Ilma Hackett, Balnarring and District Historical Society (BDHS) It has an old-world charm with its verandah posts covered by vines, the wooden façade and walls of corrugated tin. Today’s Merricks General…
By Andrea Rowe Photos Yanni Nature inspires creativity and nurtures beautiful blooms in a scenic pocket of farmland at Boneo. It’s the home of Peninsula Wildflower, where fresh picked creations evolve from…
By Joe Novella Photos Gary Sissons For most of us over-50’s, it has been a long time since we rolled the arm over, or hit one over the boundary for six. Cricket,…