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Strong winds once again swept across the Outer East, causing lots of fallen trees and power outages.

In July this year, I tackled the daunting Kokoda Track, all 138km trek of it thinking constantly of the Australian soldiers who fought there. It…

Eltham Little Theatre Veronica’s Room A middle-aged Irish couple bring a young couple to the suburban Boston home where the Mackeys are caretakers. The young…

Eltham Little Theatre The Peppercorn Tree Is a moving Australian drama, set in Melbourne in 1993 and staged in 2010. Jonah, an Australian ex-serviceman, is…

September, and the wattle blooms in brilliant yellow. It is the first sign that winter is losing its grip. The air softens, and the sun…

Tell No One, by Brendan Watkins, is described to have achieved something that few memoirs can, “laying bare a disturbing history with compassion and humanity”.…

Humane Starring Peter Gallagher, Enrico Colantoni and Emily Hampshire MA15+ 4.5/5 I’m already a big fan of her father David and brother Brandon, and now…

The unbeaten Black Caviar nicknamed the ‘Wonder from Down Under’ died at the age of 17 on 17 August. She was an Australian champion Thoroughbred…

The Silence Factory, by British author Bridget Collins, has a setting very much like Victorian Britain. The story begins with the writings of Sophia in…

The recent data has revealed the State Government spent $37 million on road resurfacing works in the 2023-24 financial year, which is a huge drop…

Online copies of the Lilydale Express allow us to imagine life in Mt Evelyn pre-First World War, just over 120 years ago. 1913 was a…

Human fascination with gambling shows no signs of abating, transcending generations, borders, and backgrounds. It influences all forms of culture and media, from literature to…