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  • Best films of 2024 list

    Best films of 2024 list

    The fact that I couldn’t compile a full top ten of bad movies last week already shows what a good year 2024 was for cinema,…

  • More entertainments coming

    More entertainments coming

    Alex theatre St. Kilda A Very Naughty Christmas. Australia’s favourite adults only Christmas show makes its way to London and returns to Brisbane, Gold Coast…

  • Summer fruit

    Summer fruit

    Sitting on my kitchen table is a bowl of peaches and nectarines bought a few days before: round plush peaches with their velvety skin and…

  • Let’s prepare for hot and dry season

    Let’s prepare for hot and dry season

    The CFA’s declared Fire Danger Period will begin in the Yarra Ranges on 23 December. We all know that this formally starts the fire season…

  • The Great Forest National Park: A Gateway for Families, Adventure and Conservation

    The Great Forest National Park: A Gateway for Families, Adventure and Conservation

    National parks are places of stunning natural beauty; they stand as enduring symbols of national pride and heritage. National parks reflect a country’s commitment to…

  • Beyond horror

    Beyond horror

    Horror stories don’t need murder, mayhem and madness to create a sense of dread, despair and doom. The best stories in this genre both disturb…

  • Worst films of 2024

    Worst films of 2024

    It’s finally happened – after eleven years of running this column, I didn’t see enough bad movies this year. 2024 still had a decent crop…

  • CARTOON: Two weeks to go

    CARTOON: Two weeks to go

    Two weeks left until Christmas. Have you bought a present for your loved ones?

  • Small business

    Small business

    When small businesses thrive, our community thrives. Whether it’s a sign hanging on the fence of a local sporting ground or sponsoring our local events…

  • CARTOON: Birds sound speaker at Healesville RSL

    CARTOON: Birds sound speaker at Healesville RSL

    The fancy bird noises coming from the Healesville RSL are starting to confuse ibises.

  • The smells of summer

    The smells of summer

    Officially summer is here and though the days can vary from bursts of heat back to ‘grabbing a cardy kind of day’, it’s beginning to…

  • Double horror catch-up

    Double horror catch-up

    Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and The First Omen M, MA15+ 4.25/5, 4.5/5 Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a touching, intimate French…

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