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On 3rd August 2019, the Crib Point Football and Netball Club and Crib Point Cricket Club (CPFNCC) launched Riding the bumps with a grin... At Crib Point! A history of the Mornington Peninsula Magpi...

This is a memoir about childhood abuse, mental illness and resilience. The importance of asking for help and being supported by mental health professionals. Living with post-traumatic stress, schiz...

Our past = our present The town where I live, Moe, in the Latrobe Valley, Gippsland, has been the home of Gunaikurnai people for over 40,000 years. The name 'Moe' means 'swampy country' in Gunaiku...

I've always been fascinated by evil: why some people choose to commit terrible acts, while  others in the same situation don't. Why some people are cruel to animals and children while others aren'...

I went to a fantastic art exhibition which opened today at Yarragon Railway Station gallery: The Enchanted Forest.  This exhibition showcases a huge range of original artworks in felt, paint, i...

I'm sharing this story, of how the Victorian Small Business Commission (VSBC) helped me to resolve a problem, to other small business owners in Victoria so that if you ever find yourself in a fi...

In today's internet-enabled world, most people have social media and other apps on their iphones and a thousand other devices that allow strange robots and even stranger humans in countries all ove...

25-odd years ago, I read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro: so exquisitely written, so reserved yet bursting with emotion, it brought tears to my eyes. Ishiguro, who won the Nobel Literature...

Harsh movies that are really hard to watch are usually based on fact. Most of them don't have a so-called 'happy' ending but do have enough of a silver lining at the end that the audience isn't com...

If you're reading this you're probably on Facebook. You may use Facebook for personal, social reasons or you may have to use it for business reasons. But are you a Facebook-user who controls how...