Tag: Local Interest

The Bushrangers of Bushrangers Bay

By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring and District Historical Society Bushrangers Bay is a spectacularly beautiful section of coastline between Flinders and Cape Schanck. A small isolated beach backed by high dunes lies…

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…

Harley Club Memories

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Gary Sissons Deb Graham with one of her fathers may trophies. Deb Graham has fond memories of the Harley Club, having grown up with a father who raced…

Time will tell

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Yanni Theodore Roosevelt said “the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future”, and this philosophy is the catalyst for the members…

When footy came to the Peninsula

By Lance Hodgins The game played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College in August 1858 was umpired by State cricketer Tom Wills, who went on to draft the “Melbourne Rules” the following…

The glory of gardening

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni When Nick Smith was driving home from his parents' holiday house in Sorrento 20 years ago, a simple decision to take the scenic route through Red…

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…

5 per cent is Treasure

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni He’s been a schoolteacher, photographer, author and journalist, and now runs one of the last stores that specialise in used film photographic equipment and the like.…

Clothes make all the difference

By Melissa Walsh   Photo Yanni It has been said that clothing has a significant effect on self-esteem and confidence, and the volunteers at Clothes4U are in the frontline to witness this…

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