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Creative Program explores Melbourne stories as part of the Writers Festival
Being creative is all about thinking outside the square, and that’s exactly what the Metro Tunnel Creative Program has done to deliver some beautiful illustrations and stories as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival.
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Dr Samuel Peacock of Eastbourne House
Eastbourne House stands on the corner of Wellington Parade and Simpson St in East Melbourne. It is a two-storey building of 16 rooms, with a large balcony overhanging Simpson St, and is classified by the National Trust.
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Changing direction: Koorie artist turns road signs into jewellery
As part of the Koorie Heritage Trust’s Blak Design initiative, 11 First Nations artists will present their handmade jewellery at a contemporary exhibition celebrating indigenous design.
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COVID outbreaks
The government’s response has not been police-led as with last year’s lockdowns – a welcome change! They are meeting with communities in online sessions and there is organised support with food and other resident needs.
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Question: What hobbies have been getting you through lockdown?
"I’ve been painting. It’s been mediative and helps me to unwind. I usually do portraits of friends, it’s been my personal joy."
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Supporting our local schools in Carlton
While parents around the city have been tearing our hair out, working out how on earth to home-school children while also working and maintaining our own mental health in the middle of a pandemic, thousands of us are realising again just how valuable our local teachers and schools are.
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Klea benefits from the Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Klea Atallah is the youngest member of the Atallah family who migrated from Lebanon in 1992 after the Civil War had ended.
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Creating connections to nature in the heart of Melbourne
What do gardens mean to you? Are they a place to relax, or to escape, or to explore, or to get dirty in?
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Latest from Parkville
Walking the streets of Parkville and Carlton during lockdown (while exercising!) I am amazed at the state of bicycle lanes constructed quickly and becoming accidents waiting to happen.
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The great love story of Tofu and Bruno
When Tofu the Japanese Spitz and Bruno the Jack Russell cross locked eyes at Royal Park some years ago, they knew they were going to be friends.
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Celebrating Australia’s best cheeses at Mould
Businesses on their knees after enduring another “devastating” lockdown
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